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brown algae

DEFINITIONS OF: brown algae

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n algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments

Types:
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kelp
large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
fucoid, fucoid algae
any of various algae of the family Fucaceae
rockweed
coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
Fucus serratus, serrated wrack, tang
brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
Sargassum bacciferum, gulfweed, sargasso, sargassum
brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
sea tangle, tang
any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
fucus
any member of the genus Fucus
Fucus vesiculosus, black rockweed, bladder fucus, bladderwrack, tang
a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
Ascophyllum nodosum, bladderwrack
similar to and found with black rockweed
Type of:
alga, algae
primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
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