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BLADDERWRACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
Synonyms:
black rockweed; bladder fucus; bladderwrack; Fucus vesiculosus; tang
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bladderwrack" is a kind of...):
rockweed (coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide)
Holonyms ("bladderwrack" is a member of...):
genus Fucus (type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Similar to and found with black rockweed
Synonyms:
Ascophyllum nodosum; bladderwrack
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("bladderwrack" is a kind of...):
rockweed (coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide)
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