| laver | The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purlpe laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. Vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; called also sloke, or sloakan. <botany> Mountain laver, a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|---|
| Laverania | Old generic name for malaria-causing and other haematozoan protozoa. Laverania falciparum is a distinctive generic name for Plasmodium falciparum, and is preferred by some who believe that crescentic gametocytes should be the basis for classifying the causal agent of falciparum malaria in a separate genus. See: Plasmodium, Haemoproteus. Origin: C. Laveran, Fr. Protozoologist and Nobel laureate, 1845-1922 (05 Mar 2000) |