Fucus

/ˈfjuːkəs/

Translation of "fucus" into Russian

Noun

/ˈfjuːkəs/

fucus

fuci pl

fucuses pl

Fucus is a type of seaweed found in the Atlantic Ocean.

Фукус - это вид водорослей, встречающийся в Атлантическом океане.

Noun

/ˈfjuːkəs/

Any of several brown seaweeds of the genus Fucus that grow in the intertidal zone of rocky coasts.

At low tide the rocks were covered with slippery fucus.

(historical, medicine) A dried preparation of Fucus seaweed formerly used as a source of iodine in treating goitre and other ailments.

Nineteenth-century physicians prescribed powdered fucus for the treatment of thyroid disorders.

Proper noun

A genus of brown algae in the family Fucaceae, commonly known as rockweed.

Fucus is widely distributed along temperate shorelines around the world.