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Definition of Sea lettuce
1. Noun. Seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds.
Generic synonyms: Chlorophyte, Green Algae
Group relationships: Genus Ulva, Ulva
Definition of Sea lettuce
1. Noun. Any of several edible seaweeds of the genus ''Ulva''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sea lettuce
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Lettuce
Literary usage of Sea lettuce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver, Mary Frances (Ewart) Macdonald, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"As long as the Sea- lettuce adhered closely to the rocks below the surface of
the water it displayed a brilliant emerald green; the water in which it was ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"How quickly a glaring light is able to destroy the chlorophyll can be well seen
in the green Sea-lettuce on the shore below. In a high sea a violent wave ..."
3. A Laboratory Manual in Practical Botany by Charles Herbert Clark (1898)
"... 1 These spores are easily obtained by allowing some of the sea lettuce to go
to decay in a jar of sea water. Arrange Practical Studies of sea lettuce. ..."
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