tang

Noun
  1. A tart spicy quality (synset 105000286)
    hypernym: spice, spicery, spiciness - the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
    synonym: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tanginess, zest
  2. The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 (synset 108175819)
    hypernym: dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    synonym: tang dynasty
  3. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth (synset 105723811)
    hypernym: 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
    hyponym:
    • lemon - a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
    • vanilla - a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
    synonym: flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack
  4. A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure (synset 101407891)
    hypernym: rockweed - coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
    member meronym: genus fucus - type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae
    synonym: black rockweed, bladder fucus, bladderwrack, fucus vesiculosus
  5. Brown algae seaweed with serrated edges (synset 101407748)
    hypernym: brown algae - algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments
    member meronym: genus fucus - type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae
    synonym: fucus serratus, serrated wrack
  6. Any of various coarse seaweeds (synset 101406354)
    hypernym: seaweed - plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
    synonym: sea tang
  7. Any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria (synset 101406236)
    hypernym: kelp - large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
    synonym: sea tangle

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