noun
coextensive with the family Fucaceae
• Syn: ↑order Fucales
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Phaeophyceae, ↑class Phaeophyceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑Fucaceae, ↑family Fucaceae, ↑fucoid
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\\fyüˈkā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of brown algae coextensive with the family Fucaceae and including exclusively diploid plants — compare laminariales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.