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badderlocks

[ bad-er-loks ]

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. an edible kelp, Alaria esculenta, found on the coasts of Europe and the British Isles.


badderlocks

/ ˈČúĂŠ»ćəˌ±ôɒ°ìČő /

noun

  1. a seaweed, Alaria esculenta , that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of badderlocks1

1780–90; perhaps Balder + lock 2 + -s 3; compare Balder brae plant name < Old Norse Baldro brā Balder's eyelash
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of badderlocks1

C18: of unknown origin
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Otherwise known as badderlocks, dabberlocks or winged kelp, this ribbon of an alga variety is popular with seaweed farmers in Maine, where it was one of the first three species to be grown commercially in the U.S.

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Badderlocks, brownish seaweed eaten in Northern Europe: Whatever’s on the Donald’s head’s unsightly, Like some dead thing he found beneath the docks, But if he threw some seaweed on, you’d rightly Say now he’s even sporting badderlocks.

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“Badderlocks” jokes Q. What might you advise someone who ate some lousy Scottish salmon?

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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.

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