fucus

[Lat=a seaweed, a rock lichen; Gr. phykos seaweed, seawrack, tangle.] *I. Ord. Lang .: A paint, a dye; any false or deceptive show. ( Lit. & fig .) IMG:content-0206.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic] is polys i phono us, often with bladdery vesicles, manufacture of seated in hollow conceptacles formed of a folding in of the frond, pierced by a pore, and surrounded a receptacle. The sub-order contains the tribes or families Lemanidæ, Fucidæ, and Cyst ose i ride. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] "This came from The Indies, and eats five crowns a day in fry , Ox-livers, and browne paste." Mayne: City Match, iii. 1. Mexico, Peru, Chili, ., except two from New Zea- land. These beautiful plants are common in gar- dens, conservatories, and flower-pots in windows. The hybrids generated by intercro ing them now amount to some hundreds. Though they will grow in any light rich soil, yet they prefer a mixture of chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; kelp. In the Scottish islands, horses, cattle, and sheep Fucus Nodosa. are fed in the winter months on F. vesiculosus , as are pigs in Gothland. F. serratus is used for the same purpose in Norway. F. vesiculosus is sometimes ten feet long. It is used in this country in pharmacy as an active diuretic, and is said to be antagonistic to the deposition of adipose ti ue. F. giganteus is said to be 360 feet long. It is found near Tierra del Fuego. *fu-cus, v . t . [Fucus, s.] To paint. fu'-cus-ăm-ide, 8. [Eng., ., fucus , and amide .] Chem.: C15H12N2O3. Obtained by the action of ammonia on fucusol. It crystallizes from hot alcohol in groups of long needles.