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Laver


n.

The fronds of certain marine algæ used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima ; purple laver , Porphyra laciniata and Porphyra vulgaris . It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke , or sloakan .


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