badderlocks Sc.
[perh. for Balderlocks, f. Balder (M. J. Berkeley in Treas. Bot.).]
A seaweed (Alaria esculenta), ‘the best of all the esculent Algæ when eaten raw.’
| 1789 Lightfoot Fl. Scot. 938 Eatable Fucus: Badderlocks. 1830 Edin. Encycl. III. 442 The great tangle..and the badderlocks, or hen ware. |