laminaria

[ lam-uh-nair-ee-uh ]

noun
  1. any of various often very large kelps of the genus Laminaria, some species of which are the source of algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.

Origin of laminaria

1
<New Latin (1813); see lamina, -ary

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How to use laminaria in a sentence

  • It is found on rocks and laminaria stems beyond the tide-marks, but is commonly washed up on the beach during storms.

    The Sea Shore | William S. Furneaux
  • A very small species (L. pusillus) with tufted green fronds grows parasitic on the fronds of Chorda and the stems of laminaria.

    The Sea Shore | William S. Furneaux
  • laminaria digitata, six feet long, is found here sometimes under these circumstances.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
  • Sometimes one finds here fronds of laminaria which have been washed ashore.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
  • Fucus and laminaria constitute the kelp from which iodine is obtained, and were at one time the source of the potash of commerce.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold

British Dictionary definitions for laminaria

laminaria

/ (ˌlæmɪˈnɛərɪə) /


noun
  1. any brown seaweed of the genus Laminaria, having large fluted leathery fronds

Origin of laminaria

1
C19: genus name formed from Latin lamina plate

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