Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tang

7 senses of tang

Sense 1
nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest -- (a tart spicy quality)
       => spiciness, spice, spicery -- (the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored)

Sense 2
Tang, Tang dynasty -- (the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907)
       => dynasty -- (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

Sense 3
relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang -- (the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth)
       => taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception -- (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste")

Sense 4
bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus -- (a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure)
       => rockweed -- (coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide)

Sense 5
serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, tang -- (brown algae seaweed with serrated edges)
       => brown algae -- (algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments)

Sense 6
tang, sea tang -- (any of various coarse seaweeds)
       => seaweed -- (plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae)

Sense 7
sea tangle, tang -- (any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria)
       => kelp -- (large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds)