From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tang
n 1: a tart spicy quality [syn: nip, piquance, piquancy,
piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest]
2: the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 [syn: Tang,
Tang dynasty]
3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity,
savor, savour, smack, nip, tang]
4: a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure [syn:
bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang,
Fucus vesiculosus]
5: brown algae seaweed with serrated edges [syn: serrated
wrack, Fucus serratus, tang]
6: any of various coarse seaweeds [syn: tang, sea tang]
7: any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria [syn:
sea tangle, tang]