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Definition of Fucus

Fucus
Fucus Fu"cus, n.; pl. Fuci. [L. rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple color, disguise, deceit.] 1. A paint; a dye; also, false show. [Obs.] 2. (Bot.) A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed. Note: Formerly most marine alg? were called fuci.

Meaning of Fucus from wikipedia

- L. Kautsky, 2005 Fucus serratus L. – toothed wrack * Fucus spermophorus L. Fucus spiralis L. – spiral wrack * Fucus tendo L. Fucus vesiculosus L. – bladder...
- Fucus vesiculosus, known by the common names bladderwrack, black tang, rockweed, sea grapes, bladder fucus, sea oak, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus...
- Fucus serratus is a seaweed of the north Atlantic Ocean, known as toothed wrack, serrated wrack, or saw rack. Fucus serratus is a robust alga, olive-brown...
- Fucus ovinus Gunnerus, 1766 Fucus palmatus Linnaeus, 1753 Fucus rubens Esper, 1799 Fucus rubescens Sommerfelt, 1826 Fucus sarniensis Roth, 1806 Fucus...
- names of spiral wrack and flat wrack. Fucus spiralis is olive brown in colour and similar to Fucus vesiculosus and Fucus serratus. It grows to about 30 cm...
- the common names of rockweed and bladderwrack. Fucus gardneri is olive brown in colour and similar to Fucus spiralis. It grows to 40–50 centimetres (16–20 in)...
- Fucus distichus or rockweed is a species of brown alga in the family Fucaceae to be found in the intertidal zones of rocky seas****s in the Northern Hemisphere...
- Fucus ceranoides is a species of brown algae found in the littoral zone of the sea s****. Fucus ceranoides is a species similar to other species of Fucus...
- root of detached fragments. Fucus radicans seems to have diverged from the closely related and widely distributed Fucus vesiculosus within about the...
- Thivy Synonyms Dictyota pavonia (Linnaeus) Lamouroux, 1809 Fucus pavonicus Linnaeus, 1753 Fucus pavonius Linnaeus, 1759 Padina mediterranea Bory de Saint-Vincent...