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dilse

nounfood

edible red shoreline seaweed

A common red, edible shoreline seaweed (Palmaria palmata) found around Shetland, known locally as dulse.

Example in use

A'll hae some dilse.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/DIL-suh/

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