A large brown kelp with a long hard stalk and a large oar-shaped frond divided into ribbon-like strips, growing on rocky shores.
Genus Laminaria, class Phaeophyceae, in particular L. digitata
Also called tangle
Example sentencesExamples
- An entirely natural extract, it is based on seaweed or tangle (oarweed), widely available around Scotland's shores and islands.
- Closely related species in the Atlantic may be referred to as oarweed or more loosely as kelp or wrack.