Definition of "dulse" [dulse]

• An edible red alga (Palmaria palmata) that grows on rocky shores on both sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean. (noun)

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• "Our living now is very hard, shell-fish are very scarce, and difficult to be had; the sea - weeds are our greatest support; we have found a sort of sea-weed which we call dulse, it is a narrow weed, growing on rocks in the sea, which, when boil'd about two hours, thickens the water like flour; this we esteem a good and wholsome food."
• "Dinger asked, pointing to a rock covered in the brown edible seaweed called dulse."
• "This was a marine plant called dulse, which, in these waters, grows very plentifully, and is gathered and dried by the people in large quantities."