SEA-LETTUCE FAMILY

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 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)

Sense 1

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)