fucus

fu·cus

F0350200 (fyo͞o′kəs)n. Any of various brown algae of the genus Fucus, which includes many of the rockweeds.

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[Latin fūcus, seaweed, orchil, from Greek phūkos.]

fucus

(ˈfjuːkəs) n, pl -ci (-saɪ) or -cuses (Plants) any seaweed of the genus Fucus, common in the intertidal regions of many shores and typically having greenish-brown slimy fronds. See also wrack²²[C16: from Latin: rock lichen, from Greek phukos seaweed, dye, of Semitic origin]

fu•cus

(ˈfyu kəs)

n., pl. -ci (-sī), -cus•es. any olive-brown seaweed of the genus Fucus, having branching fronds and often air bladders. [1710–20; < New Latin; Latin fūcus seaweed, dye, orchil < Greek phŷkos]

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fucus - any member of the genus Fucus rockweed - coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tidegenus Fucus - type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae