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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)

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