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ULVA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce

Synonyms:

genus Ulva; Ulva

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ulva" is a kind of...):

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "Ulva"):

laver; sea lettuce (seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds)

Holonyms ("Ulva" is a member of...):

family Ulvaceae; sea-lettuce family; Ulvaceae (thin flat or tubular green algae)

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