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laminarias

laminarias is the plural of laminaria.

Meaning of laminaria

Noun

laminaria (plural laminarias)

  1. Any of the genus Laminaria of brown algae.
    • 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.1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea
  2. A thin rod made of the dried stems of this alga, used to dilate the cervix.

Questions about laminarias

What is laminarias the plural of?
Laminarias is the plural of laminaria.

Words near laminarias in the dictionary

  1. laminaria
  2. laminariaceous
  3. laminarialean
  4. laminarian
  5. laminarians
  6. laminarias
  7. laminaribiose
  8. laminaribioside
  9. laminaribiosides
  10. laminarin
  11. laminarinase

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