Definition of Fucoid. Meaning of Fucoid. Synonyms of Fucoid

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Definition of Fucoid

Fucoid
Fucoid Fu"coid, a. [Fucus + -oid.] (Bot.) (a) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoide[ae]) which are blackish in color, and produce o["o]spores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum) are fucoid in character. (b) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.
Fucoid
Fucoid Fu"coid, n. (Bot.) A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a.

Meaning of Fucoid from wikipedia

- The Fucales (fucoids) are an order in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). The list of families in the Fucales, as well as additional taxonomic information...
- sea water. It predominantly grows on the lower s****, especially where fucoid algae are absent, but is also found further up s**** on exposed coasts....
- dominant algal species appeared to be Blossevillea galapagensis, a notable fucoid endemic known from the time of the Vettor Pisani Expedition. This grew high...
- rocks a distinct rock layer, known as the Fucoid Beds, has been identified. The fossils found in the Fucoid Beds are very different to those from rocks...
- productivity of individual plants is lower due to lower biom**** ac****ulation of fucoid algae. Studies conducted by Pilson, Asare, and Harlin between 1983 and 1985...
- Bisgrove, Sherryl R; Hable, Whitney E (1999). "Establishing a growth axis in fucoid algae". Trends in Plant Science. 4 (12). Elsevier BV: 490–494. doi:10...
- M. W.; Norton, T. A. (1980). "Factors controlling the lower limits of fucoid algae on the s****". J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 43 (2): 131–150. Bibcode:1980JEMBE...
- potatorum) as well as numerous studies on the production ecology of kelp and fucoid dominated systems in South Australia. This work involved the development...
- Nicola A.; Taylor, David I.; Schiel, David R. (2019). "Transport of drifting fucoid algae: Nears**** transport and potential for long distance dispersal". Journal...
- F. James comparing 'fucoids' to modern traces made it increasingly clear that most of the specimens identified as fossil fucoids were animal trails and...