Definition of Genus Laminaria

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps.

Exact synonyms: Laminaria
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Family Laminariaceae, Laminariaceae
Member holonyms: Kelp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Laminaria

genus Laelia
genus Lagarostrobus
genus Lagenaria
genus Lagenophera
genus Lagerstroemia
genus Lagidium
genus Lagodon
genus Lagopus
genus Lagorchestes
genus Lagostomus
genus Lagothrix
genus Laguncularia
genus Lama
genus Lambertia
genus Lambis
genus Laminaria (current term)
genus Lamium
genus Lamna
genus Lampris
genus Lampropeltis
genus Languas
genus Lanius
genus Lansium
genus Lanthanotus
genus Laportea
genus Lappula
genus Lardizabala
genus Larix
genus Larrea
genus Larus

Literary usage of Genus Laminaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"On the Species confounded under the name of Laminaria digitals, with some Observations on the genus Laminaria. By MA LE JOLIS. The author has studied for ..."

2. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... resemblance), resembling or akin to the genus Laminaria. La'tent Fer'lod, the time required to take up any stimulus, ana respond to it (Macdougal). ..."

3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1900)
"CRITICAL NOTES ON THE NEW ENGLAND SPECIES OF LAMINARIA. WILLIAM ALBERT SETCHELL. THE species of the genus Laminaria have been much studied, ..."

4. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"Two classes of seaweeds are used as fertilizers in Ireland, the first belonging to genus Laminaria which grow in deep water, and the second to genus Fucus ..."

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