laver

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If you speak French to Mistral, it gets it right everytime: Je veux laver ma voiture.

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Quick take

A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.

noun

Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:

noun

Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for laver.

noun

A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.

See also: sea-lettuce, red-laver

noun

Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:

See also: sea-lettuce, red-laver

noun

Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.

See also: sea-lettuce, red-laver

noun

That which laves, particularly a washbasin.

See also: sea-lettuce, red-laver

Example sentences

If you speak French to Mistral, it gets it right everytime: Je veux laver ma voiture.

Academic research about the voice quality in languages have not reached beyond what John Laver had said (check his phonetic description of voice quality).

It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus (tako), tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger (beni shoga), and green onion (negi).[1][2] The balls are brushed with takoyaki sauce (similar to Worcestershire sauce) and mayonnaise, and then sprinkled with green laver (aonori) and shavings of dried bonito (katsuobushi).

Dulse flakes, laver, kombu, and a few others are available from Maine Coast Sea Vegetables Inc., for one, and if Bren Smith (aquaculturist and author of Eat Like a Fish) has his way, there will be more and cheaper seaweed available soon.