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dulse

[ duhls ]

noun

  1. a coarse, edible, red seaweed, Rhodymenia palmata.


dulse

/ dʌls /

noun

  1. any of several seaweeds, esp Rhodymenia palmata, that occur on rocks and have large red edible fronds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dulse1

1540–50; Scots dial. < Scots Gaelic duileasg (by syncope, as in Scots, etc.)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dulse1

C17: from Old Irish duilesc seaweed
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Example Sentences

The seaweeds Rhodymenia palmata (dulse) and Desmarestia are plentiful; also beautiful worms, crustaceans, and starfishes.

Well, dulse is a purple stuffwhen you see a lot of it together, it looks as if a million toy-balloons had burst.

There was a lift among the dulse-heaps, as though a finger stirred them and let loose their keen salt smells.

The Indians here have quite a variety in the way of vegetable food in dulse, seaweed, and berries.

The carts were now full of the wet dulse, trembling like jelly as the oxen moved over the beach.

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