| fucus | Origin: L. Rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple colour, disguise, deceit. 1. A paint; a dye; also, false show. 2. <botany> A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green colour; rockweed. Formerly most marine alg? were called fuci. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fucusol | <chemistry> An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with, furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds. Origin: Fucus + L. Oleum oil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |