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sea lettuce

sea lettuce noun: any of several edible seaweeds of the genus Ulva.

sea lettuce: any of several edible seaweeds of the genus Ulva
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Noun

sea lettuce (plural sea lettuces)

  1. Any of several edible seaweeds of the genus Ulva.
  2. Similar seaweed species of other genera
  3. Monostroma spp., also known as the slender sea lettuce, a kind of algae.
  4. Scaevola taccada, also known as the beach cabbage, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is native to coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific.
  5. Dudleya caespitosa, also known as the sand lettuce, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is endemic to coastal areas of California

Forms of sea lettuce

pluralsea lettuces

Words formed from sea lettuce

Questions about sea lettuce

What does sea lettuce mean?
Sea lettuce means any of several edible seaweeds of the genus Ulva.
What part of speech is sea lettuce?
Sea lettuce is a noun.
What is the plural of sea lettuce?
The plural of sea lettuce is sea lettuces.

Words near sea lettuce in the dictionary

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  2. sea leopard
  3. sea leopards
  4. sea letter
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  6. sea lettuce
  7. sea lettuces
  8. sea level
  9. sea levels
  10. sea lice
  11. sea light

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