Tangle

n.
  1. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
  2. A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.
    3. Blue tangle . (Bot.)S
    ee Dangleberry.
    Tangle picker (Zoöl.),
    the turnstone.