laminaria
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name.
Noun edit
laminaria (plural laminarias)
- Any of the genus Laminaria of brown algae.
- 1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea:
- The stands of sea tangles and long-stalked laminarias are, in their way, an Atlantic counterpart of the great submarine jungles of the Pacific, where the kelps rise like giant forest trees, 150 feet from the floor of the sea to the surface.
- (gynaecology) A thin rod made of the dried stems of this alga, used to dilate the cervix.
Translations edit
any of the genus Laminaria
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Catalan edit
Verb edit
laminaria
Italian edit
Noun edit
laminaria f (plural laminarie)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin laminaria.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laminaria f
- laminaria (any kelp of the genus Laminaria)
- Synonym: listownica
Declension edit
Declension of laminaria
singular | plural | |
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nominative | laminaria | laminarie |
genitive | laminarii | laminarii/laminaryj (archaic) |
dative | laminarii | laminariom |
accusative | laminarię | laminarie |
instrumental | laminarią | laminariami |
locative | laminarii | laminariach |
vocative | laminario | laminarie |
Further reading edit
- laminaria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
laminaria