sea lettuce
noun
: any of a genus (Ulva) of marine green algae with broad fronds sometimes eaten as salad or used in soups
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There are some really tasty ones – sea lettuce is nice, then there’s the Cat’s Tongue (Chondracanthus exasperatus) which has a really cool texture.
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
Scaevola sericea, also known as beach cabbage or sea lettuce, thrives in the mangrove swamps of the South Pacific.
—Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Burgos doesn’t know how sea lettuce reached Venezuela.
—Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Things like sea barnacles steamed over sea lettuce.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2023
There's olive oil made with sea lettuce and Egiategia natural wine as well as Millésime Aquae malt whisky from Maison Benjamin Kuentz, that have been rocked by the ocean’s waves 20 metres below sea level for four to five months in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in the Basque Country before arriving at Ceto.
—Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
In addition to varieties like nori or sea lettuce that can be farmed for humans to eat, seaweed can be used to make bioplastic as well as biofuel.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2022
Afterward, the pair stopped on the riverbank to complete another age-old ritual of Breton living — harvesting some of the region’s abundant sea lettuce.
—New York Times, 21 July 2021
Green sea vegetables, such as sea lettuce, red sea vegetables, such as nori and dulse, and brown sea vegetables, such as arame, hijiki, kombu and wakame have become all the rage.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
Scaevola sericea, also known as beach cabbage or sea lettuce, thrives in the mangrove swamps of the South Pacific.
—Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Burgos doesn’t know how sea lettuce reached Venezuela.
—Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Things like sea barnacles steamed over sea lettuce.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2023
There's olive oil made with sea lettuce and Egiategia natural wine as well as Millésime Aquae malt whisky from Maison Benjamin Kuentz, that have been rocked by the ocean’s waves 20 metres below sea level for four to five months in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in the Basque Country before arriving at Ceto.
—Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
In addition to varieties like nori or sea lettuce that can be farmed for humans to eat, seaweed can be used to make bioplastic as well as biofuel.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2022
Afterward, the pair stopped on the riverbank to complete another age-old ritual of Breton living — harvesting some of the region’s abundant sea lettuce.
—New York Times, 21 July 2021
Green sea vegetables, such as sea lettuce, red sea vegetables, such as nori and dulse, and brown sea vegetables, such as arame, hijiki, kombu and wakame have become all the rage.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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“Sea lettuce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20lettuce. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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