• (n.) The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/varec/
Var'ec noun [ French varech ; of Teutonic origin. See Wrack seaweed, wreck.] The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/7