sea lettuce

noun

any seaweed of the genus Ulva, having large leaflike blades.

Origin of sea lettuce

First recorded in 1660–70

Words Nearby sea lettuce

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How to use sea lettuce in a sentence

Some of the more popular kinds include sea lettuce, Irish moss, bladderwrack, dulse, and feather boa kelp.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean | By Bob McNally/Field & Stream | October 19, 2020 | Popular-Science
Ulva, or sea-lettuce, is to be found in abundance in all our small bays and inlets at low tide.
Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 | Various
The so-called “sea lettuce” is of a bright grass green color, forming a large leaf like expansion.
Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 1 [January 1902] | Various
We worked our way at times into small bays where green sea-lettuce lay in the shallow water in masses.
Atlantic Narratives | Mary Antin
Among the marine forms related to these may be mentioned the sea lettuce (Ulva), shown in Figure 15.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany | Douglas Houghton Campbell

There is sea-lettuce in the water, so there must be enough air.
Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for sea lettuce

sea lettuce

noun

any of various green seaweeds of the genus Ulva, which have edible wavy translucent fronds

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