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English
Noun
ulva (plural ulvas)
- Any organism of the genus Ulva.
1875, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The American Cyclopaedia, page 774:The ulvas belong to the chlorospermous class of seaweeds, distinguished by their green spores, and the generally green color of their fronds. There are several species of ulva common to both shores of the Atlantic, […]
Latin
Etymology
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ulva f (genitive ulvae); first declension
- sedge
- Synonym: cārex
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “ulva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ulva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ulva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.