Laver \La"ver\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n.
The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] used as food, and for
making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva
latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P.
vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
sloke, or sloakan.
Mountain laver (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the
genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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