bladder wrack

See also: bladderwrack

English

Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) near Lyngen in Troms, Norway.

Noun

bladder wrack (countable and uncountable, plural bladder wracks)

1. Fucus vesiculosus, seaweed widespread in the cool waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.
2. Nereocystis luetkeana, kelp common on the northeastern Pacific coast.

Synonyms

• (Fucus vesiculosus): black tang, rockweed, bladder fucus, sea oak, black tany, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus, rock wrack
• (Nereocystis luetkeana): edible kelp, bull kelp, bullwhip kelp, ribbon kelp, giant kelp

Translations

Fucus vesiculosus

• Malecite-Passamaquoddy: kaskolos
• Portuguese: botilhão m, butilhão m

Nereocystis luetkeana

• Polish: baniopień m