Meanings
nounsea lettuce (plural sea lettuces)
plural sea lettuces
- Similar seaweed species of other genera
- Similar seaweed species of other genera:
- Monostroma spp., also known as the slender sea lettuce, a kind of algae.
- Scaevola taccada, also known as the beach cabbage, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is native to coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific.
- Dudleya caespitosa, also known as the sand lettuce, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is endemic to coastal areas of California
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Ancient Greek βρύον
- βρύον (brúon)seaweed of genus Ulva
Basque itsas uraza
- itsas urazaseaweed of genus Ulva
Catalan enciam de mar
- enciam de marseaweed of genus Ulva
Czech porost locikový
- porost locikovýseaweed of genus Ulva
Danish havsalat
- havsalatseaweed of genus Ulva
Dutch zeesla
- zeeslaseaweed of genus Ulva
Finnish suolilevä
- suolileväseaweed of genus Ulva
French laitue de mer
- laitue de merseaweed of genus Ulva
German Meersalat
- Meersalatseaweed of genus Ulva
Hawaiian limu pālahalaha
- limu pālahalahaseaweed of genus Ulva
Hungarian tengerisaláta
- tengerisalátaseaweed of genus Ulva
Irish glasán
- glasánseaweed of genus Ulva
Italian lattuga di mare
- lattuga di mareseaweed of genus Ulva
Japanese 石蓴
- 石蓴 (aosa)seaweed of genus Ulva
Māori karengo, tupata
- karengoseaweed of genus Ulva
- tupataseaweed of genus Ulva
- makaweseaweed of genus Ulva
Norwegian Bokmål havsalat
- havsalatseaweed of genus Ulva
Polish błonica sałatowa, sałata morska
- błonica sałatowaseaweed of genus Ulva
- sałata morskaseaweed of genus Ulva
- ulwaseaweed of genus Ulva
Portuguese alface-do-mar
- alface-do-marseaweed of genus Ulva
Scottish Gaelic glasag, leatas cuain
- glasagseaweed of genus Ulva
- leatas cuainseaweed of genus Ulva
Spanish lechuga de mar, luche verde
- lechuga de marseaweed of genus Ulva
- luche verdeseaweed of genus Ulva
Swedish havssallat
- havssallatseaweed of genus Ulva
Turkish deniz marulu
- deniz maruluseaweed of genus Ulva
Welsh letysen fôr, gwylaeth y môr
- letysen fôrseaweed of genus Ulva
- gwylaeth y môrseaweed of genus Ulva
Cite this entry
APA
sea lettuce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20lettuce
MLA
“sea lettuce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20lettuce. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea lettuce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20lettuce.
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