bladderwrack

(ˈblædəˌræk)

(Plants) any of several seaweeds of the genera Fucus and Ascophyllum, esp F. vesiculosus, that grow in the intertidal regions of rocky shores and have branched brown fronds with air bladders

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Noun	1.	bladderwrack - similar to and found with black rockweed Ascophyllum nodosum rockweed - coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
	2.	bladderwrack - a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure black rockweed, bladder fucus, Fucus vesiculosus, tang rockweed - coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide genus Fucus - type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae

Translations

bladderwrack

n → Blasentang m

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At first all was fluffy and dry and hot underfoot, with embedded sprigs of dried out bladderwrack pricking our toes, then the ground grew wetter and cooler and flatter as we steadily closed the distance between us and the sea.

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