laminaria
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from translingual Laminaria.
Noun
editlaminaria (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
editany of the genus Laminaria
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Catalan
editVerb
editlaminaria
Italian
editNoun
editlaminaria f (plural laminarie)
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin laminaria.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlaminaria f
- laminaria (any kelp of the genus Laminaria)
- Synonym: listownica
Declension
editDeclension 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
editVerb
editlaminaria
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