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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fucoid \Fu"coid\, a. [Fucus + -oid.] (Bot.) a Properly, belonging to an order of alga: ({Fucoide[ae]}) which are blackish in color, and produce o["o]spores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed ({Sargassum}) are fucoid in character. b In a vague sense resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fucoid \Fu"coid\, n. (Bot.) A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See {Fucoid}, a. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fucoid n 1: a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales 2: any of various algae of the family Fucaceae [syn: {fucoid algae}]
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