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A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.

The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.

A small organ at the upper part of the vulva, homologous to the penis in the male.

ampestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva. Elm beetle (Zoöl.), one of several species of beetles (esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves of the elm. -- Elm borer (Zoöl.), one of several species of beetles of which the larvæ bore into the wood or under…

A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva.

ruginosa. -- Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite. -- Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima); -- called also green sloke. -- Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite. -- Green linnet (Zoöl.), the greenfinch. -- Green looper (Zoöl.), the cankerworm. -- Green marble (Min.), serpentine. -- Green mineral, a ca…

The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.

n marine algæ used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purlpe laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; - - called also sloke, or sloakan. Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish g…

ttuce opium. See Lactucarium. -- Sea lettuce, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus Ulva.

A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).

Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.

A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc.

The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva.

The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.

Any marine plant of the class Algæ, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.

anton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak. Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast.

obby; a porch; a hall. Vestibule of the ear. (Anat.) See under Ear. -- Vestibule of the vulva (Anat.), a triangular space between the nymphæ, in which the orifice of the urethra is situated. -- Vestibule train (Railroads), a train of passenger cars having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars inclosed, so…

Inflammation of the vulva.

Pertaining both to the vulva and the uterus.

Pertaining both to the vulva and the vagina.