dulse

[ duhls ]

noun

1. a coarse, edible, red seaweed, Rhodymenia palmata.

dulse

/ dʌls /

noun

1. any of several seaweeds, esp Rhodymenia palmata, that occur on rocks and have large red edible fronds

Word History and Origins

Origin of dulse¹

1540–50; Scots dial. < Scots Gaelic duileasg (by syncope, as in Scots, etc.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of dulse¹

C17: from Old Irish duilesc seaweed

Example Sentences

The seaweeds Rhodymenia palmata (dulse) and Desmarestia are plentiful; also beautiful worms, crustaceans, and starfishes.

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Well, dulse is a purple stuffwhen you see a lot of it together, it looks as if a million toy-balloons had burst.

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There was a lift among the dulse-heaps, as though a finger stirred them and let loose their keen salt smells.

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The Indians here have quite a variety in the way of vegetable food in dulse, seaweed, and berries.

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The carts were now full of the wet dulse, trembling like jelly as the oxen moved over the beach.

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Related Words

• seaweed