sea lettuce

sea lettuce

English

Noun

sea lettuce (plural sea lettuces)

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

Derived terms

• slender sea lettuce

Translations

seaweed of genus Ulva

German: Meersalat m Japanese: 石蓴 (あおさ, aosa) Norwegian: Bokmål: havsalat m Nynorsk: havsalat m

Okinawan: 石蓴 (あーさ, āsa)

slender sea lettuce — see slender sea lettuce

beach cabbage — see beach cabbage

sand lettuce — see sand lettuce