noun
Meaning 1
Any of several edible seaweeds of the genus Ulva.
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Phrase guide
sea lettuce
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noun
Meaning 2
Similar seaweed species of other genera
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noun
Meaning 3
Similar seaweed species of other genera:
Monostroma spp., also known as the slender sea lettuce, a kind of algae.
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noun
Meaning 4
Scaevola taccada, also known as the beach cabbage, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is native to coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific.
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noun
Meaning 5
Dudleya caespitosa, also known as the sand lettuce, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is endemic to coastal areas of California
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noun
Meaning 6
seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: laver
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Broader terms: green algae, chlorophyte
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: itsas uraza — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Breton: saladenn-vor — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Breton: glandour glas — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Breton: kaol-glas — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Breton: kaolaj — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Catalan: enciam de mar — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Czech: porost locikový — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Danish: havsalat — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Dutch: zeesla — seaweed of genus Ulva
- French: laitue de mer — seaweed of genus Ulva
- German: Meersalat — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Ancient Greek: βρύον (brúon) — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Hawaiian: limu pālahalaha — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Hungarian: tengerisaláta — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Irish: glasán — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Italian: lattuga di mare — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Japanese: 石蓴 (aosa) — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Māori: karengo — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Māori: tupata — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Māori: makawe — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Norwegian Bokmål: havsalat — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Norwegian Nynorsk: havsalat — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Okinawan: 石蓴 (āsa) — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Polish: błonica sałatowa — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Polish: sałata morska — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Polish: ulwa — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Portuguese: alface-do-mar — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Scottish Gaelic: glasag — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Scottish Gaelic: leatas cuain — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Slovene: morska solata — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Spanish: lechuga de mar — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Spanish: luche verde — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Swedish: havssallat — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Turkish: deniz marulu — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Welsh: letysen fôr — seaweed of genus Ulva
- Welsh: gwylaeth y môr — seaweed of genus Ulva