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An edible seaweed with thin flat fronds of a reddish-purple and green colour that becomes black when dry. Laver typically grows on exposed shores, but in Japan it is cultivated in estuaries.
Porphyra umbilicaulis, division Rhodophyta
Late Old English (as the name of a water plant mentioned by Pliny), from Latin. The current sense dates from the early 17th century.
1archaic, literary A basin or similar container used for washing oneself.
Middle English from Old French laveoir, from late Latin lavatorium ‘place for washing’ (see lavatory).