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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales;

2. any of various algae of the family Fucaceae;
[syn: fucoid, fucoid algae]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fucoid \Fu"coid\, n. (Bot.) A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fucoid \Fu"coid\, a. [Fucus + -oid.] (Bot.) (a) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoide[ae]) which are blackish in color, and produce o["o]spores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum) are fucoid in character. (b) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fucoid n 1: a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales 2: any of various algae of the family Fucaceae [syn: fucoid, fucoid algae]