fucaceae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Fucaceae*:
NOUN	animal	Fucaceae, family Fucaceae	small family of brown algae

English > *Fucaceae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds.
Synonym	family Fucaceae
Member of	Fucales, order Fucales	coextensive with the family Fucaceae
Members	Ascophyllum, genus Ascophyllum	brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis
	fucoid, fucoid algae	Any of various algae of the family Fucaceae
	genus Fucus	type genus of the family Fucaceae
	genus Sargassum	A genus of protoctist
	rockweed	coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
Broader	protoctist family	Any of the families of Protoctista
Spanish	fucáceas
Catalan	fucáceas, Fucàcia, fucàcies

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