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fuchsine | fucivorous | fucoid | fucoid algae | fucoidal | fucus | fucus serratus | fucus vesiculosus | fucusol | fud | fudder

fucus

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Noun
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fu=cus

CIDE DICTIONARY

fucusn. [L. rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple color, disguise, deceit.].
  •  A paint; a dye; also, false show.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed.  [1913 Webster]
    " Formerly most marine algfuci."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fucus, n. (pl. fuci) any seaweed of the genus Fucus, with flat leathery fronds.

Derivative
fucoid adj.
Etymology
L, = rock-lichen, f. Gk phukos, of Semitic orig.

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