SEA LETTUCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

Synonyms:

laver; sea lettuce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)