genus fucus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist genus,
definition	:	any genus of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	fucus,
definition	:	any member of the genus Fucus (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	fucus serratus, serrated wrack, tang,
definition	:	brown algae seaweed with serrated edges (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	black rockweed, bladder fucus, bladderwrack, fucus vesiculosus, tang,
definition	:	a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family fucaceae, fucaceae,
definition	:	small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds (noun.animal)