SEA-LETTUCE FAMILY
Dictionary entry overview: What does sea-lettuce family mean? • SEA-LETTUCE FAMILY (noun)
The noun SEA-LETTUCE FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. thin flat or tubular green algae
Familiarity information: SEA-LETTUCE FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SEA-LETTUCE FAMILY (noun)
Meaning:
Thin flat or tubular green algae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Ulvaceae; sea-lettuce family; Ulvaceae
Hypernyms ("sea-lettuce family" is a kind of...):
protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "sea-lettuce family"):
genus Ulva; Ulva (type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce)
Holonyms ("sea-lettuce family" is a member of...):
order Ulvales; Ulvales (an order of protoctist)
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