genus ascophyllum

1. 1.

   brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis

   SynonymsAscophyllum

   Broaderprotoctist genus

   Part ofFucaceae

Questions about genus ascophyllum

What does genus ascophyllum mean?

genus ascophyllum means "brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis".

What is another word for genus ascophyllum?

Close synonyms include Ascophyllum. 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 genus ascophyllum a common word?

genus ascophyllum 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.