Definition of Fucoid
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(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.
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(a.) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.
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(n.) A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a.
Antonyms of Fucoid
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Homophones of Fucoid
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