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fu·cus  (fyks)

n.

Any of various brown algae of the genus Fucus, which includes many of the rockweeds.

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[Latin fcus, seaweed, orchil, from Greek phkos.]

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fucus [ˈfjuːkəs]

n pl -ci [-saɪ], -cuses

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any seaweed of the genus Fucus, common in the intertidal regions of many shores and typically having greenish-brown slimy fronds See also wrack² [2]

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

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fucus - any member of the genus Fucus         rockweed - coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide genus Fucus - type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae