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ULVA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ulva mean?
• ULVA (noun)
The noun ULVA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce
Familiarity information: ULVA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Ulva" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "Ulva"):
laver; sea lettuce (seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds)
Holonyms ("Ulva" is a member of...):
family Ulvaceae; sea-lettuce family; Ulvaceae (thin flat or tubular green algae)
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