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Dulse   Listen
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Dulse  n.  (Written also dillisk)  (Bot.) A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. "The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter."






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"Dulse" Quotes from Famous Books



... my course, with myriad sea-flowers strewn, Was o'er Formosa's waves of purple dulse, Rising and falling like a fevered pulse, Moved by the hot and southern born monsoon, I saw the ...
— In Macao • Charles A. Gunnison

... house was soon heavy with the smell of burning sea-weed. Leeby was at the dresser munching it from a broth-plate, while Hendry, on his knees at the fireplace, gingerly tore off the blades of dulse that were sticking to the tongs, ...
— A Window in Thrums • J. M. Barrie



Words linked to "Dulse" :   Rhodymenia, Rhodymenia palmata, genus Rhodymenia



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