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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