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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 ovinus Gunnerus, 1766 Fucus palmatus Linnaeus, 1753 Fucus rubens Esper, 1799 Fucus rubescens Sommerfelt, 1826 Fucus sarniensis Roth, 1806 Fucus...
- Chondrus crispus—commonly called Irish moss or carrageenan moss (Irish carraigín, "little rock")—is a species of red algae which grows abundantly along...
- 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 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...
- 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...
- wrack", Fucus vesiculosus "Channelled wrack", Pelvetia canaliculata "Knotted wrack", Ascophyllum nodosum "Spiral wrack" or "flat wrack", Fucus spiralis...
-  canaliculata Binomial name Pelvetia canaliculata (L.) Decne. & Thur. Synonyms  Fucus canaliculatus L. Halidrys canaliculata (L.) Stackhouse Fucodium canaliculatum...
- in comparison to other members of the Fucus genus and lacks the bladders common in other species, such as Fucus vesiculosus (bladder wrack). The species...