Meanings
nounlaminaria (plural laminarias)
plural laminarias
- Any of the genus Laminaria of brown algae.
The stands of sea tangles and long-stalked laminarias are, in their way, an Atlantic counterpart of the great submarine jungles of the Pacific, where the kelps rise like giant forest trees, 150 feet from the floor of the sea to the surface.
1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea
Origin
- translingualLaminaria
- Englishlaminaria
Borrowed from translingual Laminaria.
More words from translingual
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French laminaire
- laminaireany of the genus Laminaria
Italian laminaria
- laminariaany of the genus Laminaria
Latin Lāmināria
- Lāmināriaany of the genus Laminaria
Polish laminaria, listownica
- laminariaany of the genus Laminaria
- listownicaany of the genus Laminaria
Russian ламина́рия
- ламина́рия (laminárija)any of the genus Laminaria
Ukrainian ламіна́рія
- ламіна́рія (laminárija)any of the genus Laminaria
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with laminaria
areaBulgariamalariaBavariamilitariasamariaurticariaradiolariaHungariacnidariafritillariamammillariaCarpentariacrotalariaaraucariamatricariapulmonariacalvariaarmillarialinariaSumeriarosariabariaCaria
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
laminaria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laminaria
MLA
“laminaria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laminaria. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laminaria,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laminaria.
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