laminaria

American  

[lam-uh-nair-ee-uh] / ˌlæm əˈnɛər i ə /

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.

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laminaria British  

/ ˌlæmɪˈnɛərɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of laminaria

< New Latin (1813); lamina, -ary

Example Sentences

Hern proved them wrong, pioneering new approaches to make later abortions safer, including dilating cervixes with Japanese seaweed tubes called laminaria.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Fronds of laminaria yards in length, like sheets of rubber, offer convenient holds, and at their roots many curious creatures make their home.

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William

At first they could see little below them, save a dark jungle of laminaria, with an occasional darting fish.

From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Mr. Fison has since described to the writer this startling eruption out of the waving laminaria meadows.

From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Almost immediately after, the waving streamers of laminaria were extraordinarily perturbed, parted for a moment, and three of these beasts became darkly visible, struggling for what was probably some fragment of the drowned man.

From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)