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English → English (gcide) Definition: Porphyra vulgaris 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 [1913 Webster]