Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

 
Earth's largest dictionary with more than 1226 modern languages and Eve!

Definition: Fucaceae

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Top

Date "Fucaceae" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references)

Common Expressions: Fucaceae

Expressions Definition
Family Fucaceae Small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Extended Definition: Fucaceae


Fucaceae

Fucaceae
"Fucoideae", from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
"Fucoideae", from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genera [1]

Ascophyllum
Fucus
Hesperophycus
Pelvetia
Pelvetiopsis
Silvetia
Xiphophora

Fucaceae are a family of brown algae. There are 8 genera in the family, most notably Fucus, which includes several common seaweeds.

Fucus serratus
Fucus serratus

References

  1. M. D. Guiry & G. M. Guiry (2006). Fucaceae. AlgaeBase.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Fucaceae". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: Fucaceae

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Fucaceae 5     Fucaceae 5

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: Fucaceae
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Other

rockweeds.

Expression

family Fucaceae.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. Top