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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Laminariaceae — a genus of brownalgae .
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Examples
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The skein I am using for the Laminaria is a bright green
Woolgathering 2009
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Alaria esculenta and a dense forest of kelp Laminaria hyperborea and below it, parks of kelp as deep as 35 m.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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The Oyashio LME is known for its high biological productivity, with many species of fauna and flora (for instance the large-sized seaweed Laminaria).
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Commercial activities include rearing of shrimp (Porphyra spp.) and clams (Laminaria spp.).
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Laminaria is a kind a stick made from dried seaweed, and it's placed in the cervix to make the woman dilate.
A description of D and E late-term abortions Suzanne 2006
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Laminaria seaweed sticks that look like matchsticks were inserted into her cervix to slowly force it open.
Baby born alive at Hialeah abortion mill was killed Suzanne 2006
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Laminaria, said the label, written in Daniel Rawlings's flowing script.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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I'd seen Laminaria used, even in my own time, though in modern times it was most frequently employed to assist in expelling a dead child from the uterus.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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Unlike many dried seaweeds, though, Laminaria doesn't crumble easily.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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Osmotic dilators are short, thin rods made of seaweed (Laminaria) or synthetic material (Lamicel or Dilapan).
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
chained_bear commented on the word Laminaria
"Laminaria, said the label, written in Daniel Rawlings's flowing script. ... When I opened it, a faint whiff of iodine floated out, but no scent of decay....
Laminaria is seaweed. Dried, it's no more than paper-thin slips of brownish-green. Unlike many dried seaweeds, though, Laminaria doesn't crumble easily. And it has a most astonishing capacity to absorb water.
Inserted into the opening of the cervix, it absorbs water from the mucous membranes—and swells, slowly forcing the cervix further open as it does so, thus eventually causing labor to start. I'd seen Laminaria used, even in my own time, though in modern times it was most frequently employed to assist in expelling a dead child from the uterus. I shoved that thought well to the back of my mind, and selected a good piece."
—Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (New York: Bantam Dell, 2005), 309
"The Laminaria had been accomplishing its slow, patient work, and Marsali was beginning to have occasional contractions, though we had not really got down to it, yet."
—Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, 311
January 31, 2010