LAMINARIA DIGITATA
\lˌamɪnˈe͡əɹi͡ə dˌɪd͡ʒɪtˈɑːtə], \lˌamɪnˈeəɹiə dˌɪdʒɪtˈɑːtə], \l_ˌa_m_ɪ_n_ˈeə_ɹ_iə d_ˌɪ_dʒ_ɪ_t_ˈɑː_t_ə]\
Definitions of LAMINARIA DIGITATA
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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One of the Algae eaten in Scotland, and hawked about the streets with the Pepper-dulse. The leaf of a sea-weed -a species of Laminaria- is employed in the Himalayas under the name of goitre leaf; so called because chewed by the inhabitants, where goitre prevails.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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