fucus

[ fyoo-kuhs ]

noun

, plural fu·ci [fyoo, -sahy], fu·cus·es.

1. any olive-brown seaweed or alga of the genus Fucus, having branching fronds and often air bladders.

fucus

/ ˈfjuːkəs /

noun

1. any seaweed of the genus Fucus , common in the intertidal regions of many shores and typically having greenish-brown slimy fronds See also wrack 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of fucus¹

1590–1600; < Latin < Greek phŷkos orchil, red color, rock lichen, rouge

Word History and Origins

Origin of fucus¹

C16: from Latin: rock lichen, from Greek phukos seaweed, dye, of Semitic origin

Example Sentences

The largest species (E. fucicola) is parasitic on Fucus, growing in brush-like tufts about an inch long.

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In the typical genus—Fucus—the root is a conical disc, and the frond flat or compressed and forked.

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Fucus and Laminaria constitute the kelp from which iodine is obtained, and were at one time the source of the potash of commerce.

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This species, formerly called Fucus nodosus, is next to Fucus vesiculosus the most common rockweed.

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It is sometimes found free, but generally attached by its extremity to eel-grass or Fucus, seldom to rocks.

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