ASCOPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ascophyllum mean? 

• ASCOPHYLLUM (noun)
  The noun ASCOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis

  Familiarity information: ASCOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCOPHYLLUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ascophyllum; genus Ascophyllum

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

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

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

family Fucaceae; Fucaceae (small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds)