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ROCKWEED
rockweed
(noun) coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rockweed (countable and uncountable, plural rockweeds)
Ascophyllum nodosum, a seaweed also known as knotted wrack.
Fucus vesiculosus, a similar seaweed also known as bladderwrack.
Hypernyms
• (both): brown alga
Source: Wiktionary
Rock"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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