Definition of BLADDERWRACK

bladderwrack

Meanings

Plural: bladderwracks

Noun

  • similar to and found with black rockweed
  • a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
  • Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.

Origin / Etymology

From bladder + wrack.

Synonyms

Ascophyllum nodosum, black rockweed, black tang, black tany, bladder fucus, cut weed, dyers fucus, Fucus vesiculosus, red fucus, rock wrack, rockweed, sea oak, tang

Scrabble Score: 25

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Words With Friends Score: 28

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