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Fucaceae

noun

small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds

• Syn: ↑family Fucaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Fucales, ↑order Fucales

• Member Meronyms:

↑fucoid, ↑fucoid algae, ↑rockweed, ↑genus Fucus, ↑Ascophyllum, ↑genus Ascophyllum, ↑genus Sargassum

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\\fyüˈkāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Fucus, type genus + -aceae — more at fucus

: a small family of brown algae (order Fucales) including the gulfweeds and rockweeds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.