BLADDERWRACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bladderwrack mean? 

• BLADDERWRACK (noun)
  The noun BLADDERWRACK has 2 senses:

1. similar to and found with black rockweed

2. a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure

  Familiarity information: BLADDERWRACK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLADDERWRACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Similar to and found with black rockweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ascophyllum nodosum; bladderwrack

Hypernyms ("bladderwrack" is a kind of...):

rockweed (coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black rockweed; bladder fucus; bladderwrack; Fucus vesiculosus; tang

Hypernyms ("bladderwrack" is a kind of...):

rockweed (coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide)

Holonyms ("bladderwrack" is a member of...):

genus Fucus (type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae)