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Meaning of "badderlocks" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BADDERLOCKS

Of unknown origin.

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PRONUNCIATION OF BADDERLOCKS

ˈbædəˌlɒks


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BADDERLOCKS

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Badderlocks is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BADDERLOCKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alaria esculenta

Alaria esculenta is an edible seaweed, also known as dabberlocks or badderlocks, or winged kelp. It is a traditional food along the coasts of the far north Atlantic Ocean. It may be eaten fresh or cooked in Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and Ireland. It is the only one of twelve species of Alaria to occur in the British Isles.

Definition of badderlocks in the English dictionary

The definition of badderlocks in the dictionary is a seaweed, Alaria esculenta, that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BADDERLOCKS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BADDERLOCKS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BADDERLOCKS

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Synonyms and antonyms of badderlocks in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BADDERLOCKS»

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A Popular History of British Seaweeds: Comprising Their ...
When the operations were begun, it was clothed with large seaweeds, especially with the Great Tangle, Laminaria digit/zta, and Alaria escalenta, or Badderlocks. In the course of 1813 the workmen succeeded in clearing and levelling a ...
David Landsborough, 1857
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Supplement to Craig's universal dictionary
BABYROUSSA-BADDERLOCKS. B ADIAGA— BALA NITE. astrologer, which, among ancient writers, a Babylonian was reputed to be ; — a. Like the language of Babel ; confused ; jumbled ; mixed ; disorderly. Baeyeoussa, bab-e-rows'sa, s.
P Austin Nuttall, John Craig (F.G.S.), 1864
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Household Words :
Scotch coast folks call an edible species of them badderlocks (bladder-locks) . and, indeed, they are locks of bladders. At low tides extensive belts of rocks, covered by brown plants, when left dry and supine by the sea, are described as black ...
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The Treasury of Botany: a Popular Dictionary of Vegetable ...
We have a single species only upon our own coasts, Alaria esculenta, which is, however, well known by the Scotch under the name of Badderlocks, Henware, Honeyware, and Murlins, and is the best of all the esculent Algze when eaten raw , ...
‎1870
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
S. BADDERLOCK, Badderlocks, s. A species of eatable fucus, S. B. Fucus esculentus, Linn. " The fisherwomen go to the rocks, at low tide, and gather fucus esculentus, badderlock." P. Nigg, Aberd. Statist. Acc. vii. 207. " Eatable fucus, Anglis.
John Jamieson, 1841
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The Treasury of Botany; a Popular Dictionary of the ...
We have a single species only upon our own coasts, Alana esculenta, which is, however, well known by the Scotch under the name of Badderlocks, Henware, Honeyware, and Murlins, and is the best of all the esculent Algae when eaten raw, ...
John Lindley, Thomas Moore, 1870
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The statistical account of Scotland: Drawn up from the ...
.The sea-plants are babby-ware, tangles, badderlocks and dilse. The ware is used as a manure ; from 40 to 50 tons of kelp are made annually and exported. Dilse and badderlocks are reckoned a great delicacy by many people* particularly ...
Sir John Sinclair, 1795
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The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical ...
ALG^E. Sea-weeds, and the floating scum-like substances on fresh water; they deserve to be more studied, for some, as dulse, laver, badderlocks, &C., are eatable, and others are useful for manure. ALGEBRA. A general method of resolving ...
William Henry Smyth, Sir Edward Belcher, 1867
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Algae Britannicae
It is called in Scotland Badderlocks or Hen-ware, and in the Orkney Islands Honey-ware. Dr Drummond informs me, that in some parts of Ireland it bears the name of Murlins. In Newfoundland, where the species abounds, no use is made of it.
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The British Cyclopæedia of Natural History: Combining a ...
The edible nests constructed in Asia by a species of swallow, the Hirurulo csculenta, are composed of several species of Gelilliciun, a seaweed common in the maritime parts of that country. The Alriria escitlenla, called in Scotland badderlocks, ...
Charles Frederick Partington, 1835

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BADDERLOCKS»

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SAMS, Global Seaweed Project and one million people at Korean …
At the Kerrera site, SAMS grows a variety of seaweed: Alaria esculenta, commonly known as dabberlocks or badderlocks, is already a ... «For Argyll, Jul 15»
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Highland scientists highlight the beauty of seaweed
At the Kerrera site, Sams grows a variety of seaweeds, including dabberlocks or badderlocks, sugar kelp; nori, and dulse. Dr Kerrison also ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
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Why we should grow and eat more seaweed
True, they're found in the sea, but the likes of kelp, dulse, laver, badderlocks, carrageen and tangle are so much more than weeds. Seaweed, in ... «The Ecologist, Jul 10»
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