knotted wrack

English

Noun

knotted wrack (plural knotted wracks)

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

Usage notes

• Also bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) is commonly known as "rockweed".

Synonyms

• rockweed, Norwegian kelp, knotted kelp, egg wrack

Translations

Ascophyllum nodosum

• Finnish: solmulevä

• Galician: bocho (gl) m