laminaria

See also: Laminaria, laminaría, and laminarią

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

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

any of the genus Laminaria

• Polish: laminaria f, listownica f

Catalan

Verb

laminaria

1. first/third-person singular conditional of laminar

Italian

Noun

laminaria f (plural laminarie)

1. oarweed, kelp

Polish

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

Declension of laminaria

	singular	plural
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

• laminaria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

laminaria

1. first/third-person singular conditional of laminar