FUCUS


Meaning of FUCUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfyü-kəs ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, seaweed, archil, dye obtained from archil, from Greek phykos

Date: 1591

1. obsolete : a face paint

2.

[New Latin, genus name, from Latin]

: any of a genus ( Fucus ) of leathery marine brown algae of rocky intertidal zones that are a source of algin and have been used as fertilizer ; broadly : any of various brown algae — compare rockweed

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