fu·coid /ˈfjuˌkɔɪd/
墨角藻狀; 藻狀跡; 可疑跡
Fu·coid a. Bot. (a) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideæ) which are blackish in color, and produce oöspores 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.
Fu·coid, n. Bot. A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a.
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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]