Where does “ulvophycean” come from?

ulvophycean (English) comes from Translingual Ulvophyceae, from Translingual -phyceae, from Ancient Greek φῦκος, from Hebrew פוך — eye-rouge.

ulvophycean (English): Any green alga of the class Ulvophyceae

Definitions

  1. Any green alga of the class Ulvophyceae

Ancestry of “ulvophycean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualUlvophyceaeclass
2Translingual-phyceaeseaweed
3Ancient Greekφῦκοςseaweed
4Hebrewפוךeye-rouge
Every word from Hebrew פוך
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