laminaria

[lam-uh-nair-ee-uh]

lam·i·nar·i·a

[lam-uh-nair-ee-uh]
noun
any of various often very large kelps of the genus Laminaria, some species of which are the source of algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin (1813); see lamina, -ary
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Laminaria has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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laminaria (ˌlæmɪˈnɛərɪə)
 
n
any brown seaweed of the genus Laminaria, having large fluted leathery fronds
 
[C19: genus name formed from Latin lamina plate]

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