laver

Meaning

1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially
3. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:

Synonyms

sea lettuce

red laver

dulse

red algae

Kim

weed

dried seaweed

seaweed

cistern

Hyphenated as

lav‧er

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɑːvə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: laver

Inherited from Old English: læfer

In summary

From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”).