An acid-base indicator which is colorless in acid solution, but turns pink to red as the solution becomes alkaline. It is used medicinally as a cathartic.
Wrack
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Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially
plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most
abundant on northern shores.
Wrack meaning & definition 1 of Wrack.
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