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fucus

noun
fu·​cus | \ ˈfyü-kÉ™s How to pronounce fucus (audio) \

Definition of fucus

1 obsolete : a face paint
2 [ New Latin, genus name, from Latin ] : any of a genus (Fucus) of leathery marine brown algae of rocky intertidal zones that are a source of algin and have been used as fertilizer broadly : any of various brown algae — compare rockweed

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 The rocks draped with fronds of fucus seaweed beneath the tide line. — Author: Brendan Jones, Alaska Dispatch News, "Like a conveyor belt of salmon: A Southeast fishing run to remember," 11 Aug. 2017

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First Known Use of fucus

1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for fucus

Latin, seaweed, archil, dye obtained from archil, from Greek phykos

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fucus

noun
fu·​cus | \ ˈfyü-kÉ™s How to pronounce fucus (audio) \

Medical Definition of fucus

1 capitalized : a genus (family Fucaceae) of cartilaginous brown algae used in the kelp industry
2 : any brown alga of the genus Fucus broadly : any of various brown algae

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