| sea tang | <botany> A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle. "To their nests of sedge and sea tang." (Longfellow) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tang | <botany> A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). <zoology> Tang sparrow, the rock pipit. Origin: Of Scand. Origin; cf. Dan. Tang seaweed, Sw. Tang, Icel. Thang. Cf. Tangle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |