saccorhiza

noun

sac·​co·​rhi·​za

ˌsakəˈrīzə

1

capitalized : a small genus of marine brown algae (family Laminariaceae) having above the holdfast a swelling that resembles a bulb and is formed by whorls of tentacular outgrowths

2

plural -s : sea furbelow

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from sacc- + -rhiza

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