badderlocks

American  

[bad-er-loks] / ˈbæd ərˌlɒks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. an edible kelp, Alaria esculenta, found on the coasts of Europe and the British Isles.

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badderlocks British  

/ ˈbædəˌlɒks /

noun

1. a seaweed, Alaria esculenta , that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe

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Etymology

Origin of badderlocks

1780–90; perhaps Balder + lock ² + -s ³; compare Balder brae plant name < Old Norse Baldro brā Balder's eyelash

Example Sentences

Sea-weeds, and the floating scum-like substances on fresh water; they deserve to be more studied, for some, as dulse, laver, badderlocks, &c., are eatable, and others are useful for manure.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir