Definition of Dulse

1. Noun. Coarse edible red seaweed.

Exact synonyms: Rhodymenia Palmata
Generic synonyms: Red Algae
Group relationships: Genus Rhodymenia, Rhodymenia

Definition of Dulse

1. n. A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.]

Definition of Dulse

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dulse

1. an edible seaweed [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dulse

1. A seaweed of a reddish brown colour, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. Alternative forms: dillisk] "The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter." (Percival) Origin: Cf. Gael. Duileasg; duille leaf + uisge water. Cf. Whisky. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dulse

dulls
dullsome
dullsville
dullsvilles
dullwitted
dullwittedness
dully
dulness
dulnesses
dulocracies
dulocracy
duloses
dulosis
dulotic
duloxetine
dulse (current term)
dulses
dulwilly
duly
dum-dum
dum dum
dum dum bullets
duma
dumaist
dumaists
dumas
dumb

Literary usage of Dulse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia: And an Account of by Albert Hastings Markham (1874)
"Another favourite edible of our worthy captain is a seaweed called " dulse," * which is picked up in large quantities on the beach at Droughty Ferry. ..."

2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... first dulse of Normandy. AD 935. Robert, first duke of Normandy, departed this life in a good old age, having appointed his son William, a most handsome ..."

3. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"See dulse. Dulce do. ... note over the lung when it trivet a sound and a resistance, as when percussing over wood. Du long and Pe tit s law. That the dulse ..."

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