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Definition of Laver
1. Noun. Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938).
2. Noun. (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions.
3. Noun. Edible red seaweeds.
4. Noun. Seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds.
Generic synonyms: Chlorophyte, Green Algae
Group relationships: Genus Ulva, Ulva
Definition of Laver
1. n. A vessel for washing; a large basin.
2. n. One who laves; a washer.
3. n. The fronds of certain marine algæ used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple 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.
Definition of Laver
1. Noun. A red alga of the genus ''Porphyra''. ¹
2. Noun. A wash-basin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laver
1. a vessel used for ancient Hebrew ceremonial washings [n -S]
Medical Definition of Laver
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The fronds of certain marine algae 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.
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