ascophyllum nodosum

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   similar to and found with black rockweed

   Synonymsbladderwrack

   Broaderrockweed

Questions about ascophyllum nodosum

What does ascophyllum nodosum mean?

ascophyllum nodosum means "similar to and found with black rockweed".

What is another word for ascophyllum nodosum?

Close synonyms include bladderwrack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ascophyllum nodosum a common word?

ascophyllum nodosum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.