GENUS LAMINARIA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps

Synonyms:

genus Laminaria; Laminaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Laminaria" is a kind of...):

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Meronyms (members of "genus Laminaria"):

kelp (large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds)

Holonyms ("genus Laminaria" is a member of...):

family Laminariaceae; Laminariaceae (large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters)