Dŭlse, n.

n. (Bot.) A sea-weed of a reddish-brown color, which adheres to the rocks in strips of several inches long, and is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Halymenia edulis; the common is H. palmata. Loudon.

The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter. Percival.