Laver vs. Nori

Laver vs. Nori — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Laver and Nori

Lavernoun

A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.

Norinoun

A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species Pyropia yezoensis and Pyropia tenera).

Lavernoun

Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:

Norinoun

The seaweed, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi.

Lavernoun

Porphyra vulgaris

Lavernoun

One who laves: a washer.

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Lavernoun

Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.

Lavernoun

That which laves, particularly a washbasin.

Lavernoun

Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)

Lavernoun

(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions

Lavernoun

edible red seaweeds

Lavernoun

seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

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