dulse
English
WOTD – 23 December 2009
Noun
dulse (usually uncountable, plural dulses)
- A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.
- 1997, “Egil's Saga”, in Bernard Scudder, transl., The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 151:
- Then Egil said, ‘That happens if you eat dulse, it makes you even thirstier.’
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 90:
- They worked together on their father's patch: desperately, hungrily, from dawn to nightfall; dragging up dulse from the shore to nourish the stones; [...] but nothing much grew except their own sense of separation.
Derived terms
- pepper dulse
- shell dulse
Translations
reddish brown seaweed that is eaten
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See also
- Palmaria palmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdulse/, [ˈd̪ul̪.se]
- Hyphenation: dul‧se
Derived terms
- magdulse
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: dul‧se
- IPA(key): /ˈdulse/, [ˈd̪ul̪.s̪ɪ]
Ladino
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