noun pl. fuci or fucuses
- Obsolete
- a kind of paint for the face
- any paint or dye
- any of a genus (Fucus, order Fucales) of brown algae with a flattened and forking plant body that bears swollen bladders
Origin:
ModL < L, rock lichen; also, red or purple paint obtained from it < Gr phykos, rock lichen, rouge < Sem, as in Heb puch, cosmetic for the eyes