Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various brown algae of the order Fucales growing chiefly on rocks in coastal areas, such as bladder wrack or Ascophyllum nodosum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A seaweed of the genera Fucus, Sargassum, etc., common on the rocks exposed at low tide.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Ascophyllum nodosum, a
seaweed also known askelp . - noun Fucus vesiculosus, a similar
seaweed also known asbladderwrack .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
Etymologies
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Examples
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I would miss the birds: a pair of furious peregrine falcons, a northern goshawk with a nest at the top of a deformed spruce leaning over the water, the three crow pals that worked the rockweed at low tide eviscerating sea urchins, then picked ripe berries on the hillside for dessert.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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I would miss the birds: a pair of furious peregrine falcons, a northern goshawk with a nest at the top of a deformed spruce leaning over the water, the three crow pals that worked the rockweed at low tide eviscerating sea urchins, then picked ripe berries on the hillside for dessert.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Monaghan clambakes were all-day affairs, beginning early with the gathering of rockweed, stones and driftwood.
Happy as a Clambake Gail Monaghan 2011
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The pictures of the rockweed are especially good, they make me miss the ocean so much.
"...I heard the earth inhale, moments before..." greygirlbeast 2010
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I would miss the birds: a pair of furious peregrine falcons, a northern goshawk with a nest at the top of a deformed spruce leaning over the water, the three crow pals that worked the rockweed at low tide eviscerating sea urchins, then picked ripe berries on the hillside for dessert.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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I would miss the birds: a pair of furious peregrine falcons, a northern goshawk with a nest at the top of a deformed spruce leaning over the water, the three crow pals that worked the rockweed at low tide eviscerating sea urchins, then picked ripe berries on the hillside for dessert.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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When gathering your equipment, look for rockweed—it's the best seaweed for clambakes because its seawater-filled pockets burst during cooking and add brininess and moisture to the other ingredients.
Happy as a Clambake Gail Monaghan 2011
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In a pinch, try buying rockweed from your fishmonger; it's used to pack shellfish and is often abundant where seafood is sold.
Happy as a Clambake Gail Monaghan 2011
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The pictures of the rockweed are especially good, they make me miss the ocean so much.
"...I heard the earth inhale, moments before..." greygirlbeast 2010
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Across the narrow ribbon of sand they flew, soaring over splintered driftwood and dodging ropy mounds of rockweed.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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