FUCUS VESICULOSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fucus vesiculosus mean? 

• FUCUS VESICULOSUS (noun)
  The noun FUCUS VESICULOSUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FUCUS VESICULOSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUCUS VESICULOSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Fucus vesiculosus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Fucus vesiculosus" is a member of...):

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