dulse — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Examples

   Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’

   More examples (1)

   They worked together on their father's patch: desperately, hungrily, from dawn to nightfall; dragging up dulse from the shore to nourish the stones; [...] but nothing much grew except their own sense of separation.

Noun

1. coarse edible red seaweed

   Synonyms

   Rhodymenia palmata

   Broader terms

   red algae