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genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps

A genus of Laminariaceae. Dried pencil-like pieces may be inserted in the cervix where they swell as they absorb moisture, and thus dilate the cervix.

Sea-tangle; an absorbent.

A genus typical of the sea aprons, a family of dusky spored Algae.

Of the Ger. Ph. (2d ed.), the stalks of the thallus of L. Cloustoni.