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Knotted wrack

A species of brown algae, Ascophyllum nodosum; a common seaweed of the northern Atlantic Ocean.

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    A species of brown algae, Ascophyllum nodosum; a common seaweed of the northern Atlantic Ocean.

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tangnounA refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
spiral wracknounA species of seaweed, Fucus spiralis, living on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
bladder wracknounFucus vesiculosus, seaweed widespread in the cool waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.
wracknounThe remains of something; a wreck.
seawracknounMasses of seaweed washed ashore and in piles along a shore, predominantly algae of family Fucaceae.
eelwracknouneelgrass (Zostera species)
grasswracknounThe eelgrass growing abundantly on the sea-coast.
flat wracknounspiral wrack
oreweednounAlternative form of oarweed. [A brown alga, Laminaria digitata, found on exposed shores.]
tanglenounA tangled twisted mass.
oarweednounA brown alga, Laminaria digitata, found on exposed shores.
varecnounThe seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.
seaweednounAny of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.
hornwracknoun(zoology) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra, especially species Flustra foliacea.
widgeon grassnounseawrack, especially eelgrass (Zostera marina)
sargassonoun(biology, oceanography) A part of an ocean or sea characterized by floating masses of sargassos, like the Sargasso Sea.
sea ballnounA clump of seaweed produced by the action of the waves
driftweednounSeaweed brought ashore by the wind or tide.
sea-weednounAlternative spelling of seaweed. [Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.]
sea mossnounCertain red algae, such as:

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