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Definition: Mountain laver
Laver
\La"ver\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n.
The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] used as food, and for
making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the
Ulva latissima
; purple laver,
Porphyra laciniata and
Porphyra vulgaris
. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
sloke, or
sloakan.
[1913 Webster]
Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the
genus
Palmella, found on the sides of mountains
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