FUCOIDS

Noun

fucoids

plural of fucoid

Source: Wiktionary


FUCOID

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



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