fucoid, fucoid algae
(noun) any of various algae of the family Fucaceae
fucoid
(noun) a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fucoid (comparative more fucoid, superlative most fucoid)
Resembling or relating to seaweeds of the genus Fucus.
Of sandstone: bearing seaweed-like markings.
• Calcareous siltstone, Cambrian Fucoid Beds, earth.ox.ac.uk webpage
fucoid (plural fucoids)
A fucoid seaweed.
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"coid, a. Etym: [Fucus + -oid.] (Bot.) (a) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideæ) which are blackish in color, and produce oöspores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum) are fucoid in character. (b) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.
Fu"coid, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
