Associations to the word «Ulva»

Wiktionary

ULVA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Ulvaceae   — the sea lettuce and similar algae.
ULVA, proper noun. A small island in the Inner Hebrides
ULVA LACTUCA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ulvaceae   — sea lettuce, a flat green sea alga.

Dictionary definition

ULVA, noun. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats