Definition of fucoid Fucoid
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We found 9 definitions of fucoid from 4 different sources.
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What does fucoid mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: fucoids |
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| fucoid - any of various algae of the family Fucaceae | ||
| fucoid algae | ||
| brown algae algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments | ||
| fucoid - a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales | ||
| fossil the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fucoid (Noun)
A fucoid seaweed. - fucoid (Adjective)
Resembling or relating to seaweeds of the genus Fucus. - fucoid (Adjective)
Of sandstone: containing seaweed-like markings.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fucoid (a.)
Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideae) which are blackish in color, and produce oospores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum) are fucoid in character. - fucoid (a.)
In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds. - fucoid (n.)
A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a.
Part of speech
🔤- fucoid, noun, singular of fucoids.
