SEA LETTUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea lettuce mean? 

• SEA LETTUCE (noun)
  The noun SEA LETTUCE has 1 sense:

1. seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

  Familiarity information: SEA LETTUCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA LETTUCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

laver; sea lettuce

Hypernyms ("sea lettuce" is a kind of...):

chlorophyte; green algae (algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water)

Holonyms ("sea lettuce" is a member of...):

genus Ulva; Ulva (type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce)