fucus

[fyoo-kuhs]

noun

plural

fuci, fucuses 

1. any olive-brown seaweed or alga of the genus Fucus, having branching fronds and often air bladders.

fucus

/ ˈfjuːkəs /

noun

1. any seaweed of the genus Fucus , common in the intertidal regions of many shores and typically having greenish-brown slimy fronds See also wrack 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of fucus¹

1590–1600; < Latin < Greek phŷkos orchil, red color, rock lichen, rouge

Word History and Origins

Origin of fucus¹

C16: from Latin: rock lichen, from Greek phukos seaweed, dye, of Semitic origin