bladderwrack en · NOUN
Etymology
From bladder + wrack.
Meanings
-
(uncountable, usually) Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
Someone stood on a string of bladderwrack and made it pop, and some distance away the tide was turning.
2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 87:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bladderwracks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bladder wrack | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
rock wrack · black tany · sea oak · black tang · bladder fucus · cut weed · dyers fucus · red fucus · rockweed
Translations (4)
fi rakkolevä (Fucus vesiculosus) · fi rakkohauru (Fucus vesiculosus) · sv blåstång (Fucus vesiculosus) · tr esmer su yosunu (Fucus vesiculosus)