laminaria

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Laminaria.

Noun

laminaria (plural laminarias)

  1. 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.
  2. (gynaecology) A thin rod made of the dried stems of this alga, used to dilate the cervix.

Translations

Catalan

Verb

laminaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of laminar

Italian

Noun

laminaria f (plural laminarie)

  1. oarweed, kelp

Polish

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laminarie

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin laminaria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.miˈna.rja/
  • Rhymes: -arja
  • Syllabification: la‧mi‧na‧ria

Noun

laminaria f

  1. laminaria (any kelp of the genus Laminaria)
    Synonym: listownica

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

laminaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of laminar