GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Laver (lāˈvẽr), n. The fronds of certain marine algæ 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.
   
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   Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains
   
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   sloke (slōk), n. (Bot.) See sloakan.
   
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