fucoid

 
Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːkɔɪd/
Botany

noun

  • a brown seaweed or fossil plant of a group to which bladderwrack belongs.
    • Order Fucales, class Phaeophyceae, including genus Fucus

adjective

  • relating to or resembling a brown seaweed, especially a fucoid.

Origin:

mid 19th century: from fucus + -oid