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Laver   /lˈeɪvər/   Listen
Laver

noun
1.
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).  Synonyms: Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver.
2.
(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions.
3.
Edible red seaweeds.  Synonym: red laver.
4.
Seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds.  Synonym: sea lettuce.





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"Laver" Quotes from Famous Books



... by Laver. 1471. Folio. A good, sound copy; and among the very rarest books from the press of Laver, in such condition. ...
— A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two • Thomas Frognall Dibdin


Words linked to "Laver" :   chlorophyte, red algae, sea lettuce, Rodney George Laver, genus Ulva, Old Testament, Porphyra, Rod Laver, tennis player, basin, red laver, green algae, genus Porphyra, Ulva


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