Ascophyllum Nodosum (Noun)
Meaning
Similar to and found with black rockweed.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Ascophyllum nodosum is a yellow-green species similar to and often found growing with the black rockweed on rocky shores.
- The ocean's waves crashed upon the combination of black rockweed and ascophyllum nodosum that lined the rugged shoreline.
- Alongside the numerous black rockweed, there were dense stands of ascophyllum nodosum providing shelter for intertidal organisms.
- Black rockweed often intertwines with thicker ascophyllum nodosum as they compete for sunlight in the nutrient-rich waters.
- This brown color variant of black rockweed was first thought to be a separate species but actually they were fronds of ascophyllum nodosum mixed with them.