tang
1. a tart spicy quality (Freq. 1) • Syn: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tanginess, zest • Derivationally related forms: zesty (for: zest), tangy (for: tanginess), nippy (for: nip), zest (for: zest) • Hypernyms: spiciness, spice, spicery 2. a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure • Syn: bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, Fucus vesiculosus • Hypernyms: rockweed • Member Holonyms: genus Fucus 3. brown algae seaweed with serrated edges • Syn: serrated wrack, Fucus serratus • Hypernyms: brown algae • Member Holonyms: genus Fucus 4. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth • Syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip • Derivationally related forms: tangy, nippy (for: nip), smack (for: smack), savoury (for: savour), savour (for: savour), savor (for: savor), flavourous (for: flavour), flavour (for: flavour), flavorous (for: flavor), flavor (for: flavor) • Hypernyms: taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception • Hyponyms: lemon, vanilla 5. any of various coarse seaweeds • Syn: sea tang • Hypernyms: seaweed 6. any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria • Syn: sea tangle • Hypernyms: kelp
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