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caulerpa

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any seaweed of the genus Caulerpa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Caulerpa, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem, stalk”) + Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō, “to creep, to crawl”).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زُوحِيفَان (zūḥīfān) — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Armenian: կաուլերպա (kaulerpa) — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Belarusian: каўле́рпа (kawljérpa) — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蕨藻 (juézǎo) — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Czech: lazucha — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Finnish: suikerolevä — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • French: caulerpe — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Georgian: კაულერპა (ḳaulerṗa) — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Italian: caulerpa — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Korean: 옥덩굴 (okdeonggul) — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Russian: кауле́рпа (kaulérpa) — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Slovak: lazucha — Caulerpa-genus plant
  • Spanish: caulerpa — Caulerpa-genus plant