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TANG

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria

Synonyms:

sea tangle; tang

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

kelp (large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various coarse seaweeds

Synonyms:

sea tang; tang

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

seaweed (plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Brown algae seaweed with serrated edges

Synonyms:

Fucus serratus; serrated wrack; tang

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

brown algae (algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments)

Holonyms ("tang" is a member of...):

genus Fucus (type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae)

Sense 4

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 ("tang" is a kind of...):

rockweed (coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide)

Holonyms ("tang" is a member of...):

genus Fucus (type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A tart spicy quality

Synonyms:

nip; piquance; piquancy; piquantness; tang; tanginess; zest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

spice; spicery; spiciness (the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

Synonyms:

flavor; flavour; nip; relish; sapidity; savor; savour; smack; tang

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tang"):

lemon (a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons)

vanilla (a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans)

Derivation:

tangy (tasting sour like a lemon)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907

Synonyms:

Tang; Tang dynasty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Tang" is a kind of...):

dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

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