1. A tart spicy quality
   "The tang of the lemon dressing complemented the salad";
   - nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tanginess, zest
    
2. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
   "The sauce had a pleasant tang of garlic";
   - relish, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], sapidity, savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn], smack, nip
    
3. Any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
   "tang is harvested for its alginates used in food and industrial products";
   - sea tangle
    
4. Any of various coarse seaweeds
   "Sea tang washed up on the beach after the storm";
   - sea tang
    
5. Brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
   "The rocks were covered with tang at low tide";
   - serrated wrack, Fucus serratus
    
6. A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
   "Farmers collected tang to fertilize their fields";
   - bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, Fucus vesiculosus

1. The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
   - Tang dynasty

Derived forms: tangs

Type of: brown algae, dynasty, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, kelp, rockweed, seaweed, spice, spicery, spiciness, taste, taste perception, taste sensation

Part of: genus Fucus

Encyclopedia: Tang, Kelly