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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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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