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Definition of Red laver
1. Noun. Edible red seaweeds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Laver
Literary usage of Red laver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Porphyra is the 'red laver' of commerce. The name of Green Laver is given to Viva
latissima, of the subgroup ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"... a property which it probably owes to the iodine which it contains. Porphyra is
the ' red laver ' of commerce. The name of Green Laver is given to U Iva ..."
3. Minor Poets of the Caroline Period by George Saintsbury (1905)
"LXXV Action 's the life of counsel; bathe thy soul, I' th' LAMB'S red Laver; in
dust roll, Before Despair; Hell's Serjeant comes, drink Sorrow's bowl. ..."
4. The Complete Works of the Late Rev. Philip Skelton, Rector of Fintona: To by Philip Skelton, Samuel Burdy (1824)
"My soaring spirits now repair, In strong distaste of vice; The blood of Christ
hath bought my soul, (In that red laver let me roll), My God, at what a price ..."
5. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1812)
"... red laver. Stones in the sea, near Christ-church, Hampshire. A. May—Sept. U.
Thread-shaped,branched: branches strap-spear-shap-plumo'sa. ed, winged, ..."
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