As nouns the difference between seaweed and fucan
is that seaweed is any of numerous marine plants and algae, such as a kelp while fucan is (carbohydrate) a polymeric sulfate of fucose, found in some seaweeds.
seaweed
Noun
(en-noun)
Any of numerous marine plants and algae, such as a kelp.
Hyponyms
* sea vegetable
fucan
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(carbohydrate) A polymeric sulfate of fucose, found in some seaweeds