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LAVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
Synonyms:
laver; sea lettuce
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("laver" is a kind of...):
chlorophyte; green algae (algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water)
Holonyms ("laver" is a member of...):
genus Ulva; Ulva (type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Edible red seaweeds
Synonyms:
laver; red laver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("laver" is a kind of...):
red algae (marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan)
Holonyms ("laver" is a member of...):
genus Porphyra; Porphyra (a genus of protoctist)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("laver" is a kind of...):
basin (a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)
Synonyms:
Laver; Rod Laver; Rodney George Laver
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)
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