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bladderwrack

bladderwrack noun: fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.

Noun

bladderwrack (usually uncountable, plural bladderwracks)

  1. (usually) Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
    • Someone stood on a string of bladderwrack and made it pop, and some distance away the tide was turning.2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 87
    Synonyms:
    black tang, rockweed, bladder fucus, sea oak, black tany, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus, rock wrack

Synonyms of bladderwrack

  • black tang
  • rockweed
  • bladder fucus
  • sea oak
  • black tany
  • cut weed
  • dyers fucus
  • red fucus
  • rock wrack

Forms of bladderwrack

pluralbladderwracks
alternative formbladder wrack

Origin of bladderwrack

From bladder + wrack.

Questions about bladderwrack

What does bladderwrack mean?
Bladderwrack means fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
What part of speech is bladderwrack?
Bladderwrack is a noun.
What is the plural of bladderwrack?
The plural of bladderwrack is bladderwracks.

Words near bladderwrack in the dictionary

  1. bladdersful
  2. bladderworm
  3. bladderworms
  4. bladderwort
  5. bladderworts
  6. bladderwrack
  7. bladderwracks
  8. bladdery
  9. bladdy
  10. blade
  11. blade connector

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