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    TANG

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminariaplay

    Synonyms:

    sea tangle; tang

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

    kelp (large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Any of various coarse seaweedsplay

    Synonyms:

    sea tang; tang

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

    seaweed (plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Brown algae seaweed with serrated edgesplay

    Synonyms:

    Fucus serratus; serrated wrack; tang

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

    brown algae (algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments)

    Holonyms ("tang" is a member of...):

    genus Fucus (type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manureplay

    Synonyms:

    black rockweed; bladder fucus; bladderwrack; Fucus vesiculosus; tang

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

    rockweed (coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide)

    Holonyms ("tang" is a member of...):

    genus Fucus (type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae)

    Sense 5

    Meaning:

    A tart spicy qualityplay

    Synonyms:

    nip; piquance; piquancy; piquantness; tang; tanginess; zest

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

    spice; spicery; spiciness (the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored)

    Sense 6

    Meaning:

    The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouthplay

    Synonyms:

    flavor; flavour; nip; relish; sapidity; savor; savour; smack; tang

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("tang" is a kind of...):

    gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tang"):

    lemon (a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons)

    vanilla (a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans)

    Derivation:

    tangy (tasting sour like a lemon)

    Sense 7

    Meaning:

    The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907play

    Synonyms:

    Tang; Tang dynasty

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("Tang" is a kind of...):

    dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

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