GENUS ULVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ulva mean? 

• GENUS ULVA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ULVA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce

  Familiarity information: GENUS ULVA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ULVA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ulva; Ulva

Hypernyms ("genus Ulva" is a kind of...):

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ulva"):

laver; sea lettuce (seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds)

Holonyms ("genus Ulva" is a member of...):

family Ulvaceae; sea-lettuce family; Ulvaceae (thin flat or tubular green algae)