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bladderwrack

bladderwrack \bladderwrack\ n.

  1. similar to and found with black rockweed.

    Syn: Ascophyllum nodosum.

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

    Syn: black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus.

Wiktionary
bladderwrack

alt. ''Fucus vesiculosus'', a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered. n. ''Fucus vesiculosus'', a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.

WordNet
bladderwrack
  1. n. similar to and found with black rockweed [syn: Ascophyllum nodosum]

  2. common black rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure [syn: black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus]

Usage examples of "bladderwrack".

The point is, of course, that the Etoliated Bladderwrack is never usually found growing above thirty fathoms, and it's only ten here.

Fields of kelp and edible bladderwracks grew on rafts suspended below the city, alongside mesh-cages full of crustaceans and food-fish.

Fucol is a trade name for a cod-liver oil substitute, said to be obtained from roasted Bladderwrack with a bland oil.