Etymology

caulerpa

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Today it means: Any seaweed of the genus Caulerpa. Full definition →

translingual Caulerpa
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromCaulerpa
  2. English todaycaulerpa

Borrowed from translingual Caulerpa, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem, stalk”) + Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō, “to creep, to crawl”).

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