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Fucoid
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Fucoid, a. [Fucus + -oid.].
Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideæ ) which are blackish in color, and produce oöspores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum ) are fucoid in character. [1913 Webster]
Fucoid, n.
A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a. [1913 Webster]
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