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Meaning of tang

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tang
      n 1: a tart spicy quality [syn: {nip}, {piquance}, {piquancy},
           {piquantness}, {tang}, {tanginess}, {zest}]
      2: the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 [syn: {Tang},
         {Tang dynasty}]
      3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
         the mouth [syn: {relish}, {flavor}, {flavour}, {sapidity},
         {savor}, {savour}, {smack}, {nip}, {tang}]
      4: a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure [syn:
         {bladderwrack}, {black rockweed}, {bladder fucus}, {tang},
         {Fucus vesiculosus}]
      5: brown algae seaweed with serrated edges [syn: {serrated
         wrack}, {Fucus serratus}, {tang}]
      6: any of various coarse seaweeds [syn: {tang}, {sea tang}]
      7: any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria [syn:
         {sea tangle}, {tang}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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