Ascophyllum
noun
As·co·phyl·lum
ˌaskəˈfiləm
: a genus of brown algae (family Fucaceae) distinguished by clavate, compressed, or somewhat inflated branchlets scattered along the axis and constituting with Fucus the bladder-bearing rockweeds of the northern Atlantic coast of which some species are used in the kelp industry
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from asc- + -phyllum