Definition of Fucoidal

1. a. Fucoid.

Definition of Fucoidal

1. Adjective. (botany) fucoid ¹

2. Adjective. (geology) Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fucoidal

1. fucoid [adj] - See also: fucoid

Medical Definition of Fucoidal

1. 1. Fucoid. 2. Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds; as, fucoidal sandstone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fucoidal

fucoid
fucoid algae
fucoidal (current term)
fucoidan
fucoidans
fucoids
fucolipid
fucolipids
fucopeptide
fucopyranose
fucopyranoses
fucosamine
fucosamines
fucose
fucoses
fucosidase
fucosidases

Literary usage of Fucoidal

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

1. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1845)
"On the influence of fucoidal Plants npon the formations of the Earth ; on Metamorphism in general, and particularly the Metamorphosis of the Scandinavian ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1845)
"On the Influence of fucoidal Plants upon the Formations of the Earth, on Metamorphism in general, and particularly the ..."

3. Report on the Geology and Topography of a Portion of the Lake Superior Land by John Wells Foster, Josiah Dwight Whitney (1851)
"fucoidal Markings.— Tracks and Trails of Animals.— Its Prolongation into Wisconsin. — At Hartford.— Conditions of the Ocean at this Period.— Niagara Group. ..."

4. Geological Survey of Pennsylvania by Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, J. Peter Lesley, Edward Vincent D'Invilliers, A. D. W. Smith, Benjamin Smith Lyman, William Armstrong Ingham (1892)
"At Goodman's quarry, northeast from Howard's, are seen the upper fucoidal flinty sandstone, 10'; shales, 12'; bluish- gray quarry sandstone, 8'; shales, ..."

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