The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds
Synonym: family Fucaceae
Fucaceae
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 "Fucoideae", from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
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Fucaceae are a family of brown algae. There are seven genera in the family, most notably Fucus, which includes several common seaweeds.
References
- ^ M. D. Guiry & G. M. Guiry (2006). "Fucaceae". AlgaeBase. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=5188.
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