laminarin

/ ˌlæmɪˈnɑːrɪn /

noun

1. a carbohydrate, consisting of repeated glucose units, that is the main storage product of brown algae

laminarin

/ lăm′ə-nâr′ĭn /

1. A polymer of glucose that is stored as food in brown algae.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laminarin¹

C20: from laminar ( ia ) + -in