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BLADDERWRACK
bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus
(noun) a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
bladderwrack, Ascophyllum nodosum
(noun) similar to and found with black rockweed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bladderwrack (usually uncountable, plural bladderwracks)
Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
Synonyms
• black tang, rockweed, bladder fucus, sea oak, black tany, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus, rock wrack
Source: Wiktionary
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