单词 | porphyra |
释义 | Porphyran. Botany. A cosmopolitan genus of seaweeds (marine red algae, division Rhodophyta, class Bangiophyceae, order Bangiales), with simple foliose thalli varying in colour from rose to purple; (also porphyra) a seaweed of this genus, which includes a number of edible species known as laver or purple laver in Wales and England, nori in Japan. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > others manatee grass1696 pepper dulse1724 pipeweed1755 sea-beard1777 Iceland sea grass1809 Porphyra1836 nullipore1840 sea-thread1843 niggerhair1852 lucky minnie's lines1853 marine sauce1866 hijiki1951 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 941 (note) Porphyra, this genus has received its name from πορϕυρος, purple, on account of its being remarkable among Ulvaceæ for possessing that colour. 1857 J. G. Wood Common Objects Sea Shore 69 The ulva and porphyra, if intended to be eaten, must be gathered in the winter... The purple laver is said to be much superior to its green companion. 1865 L. L. Clarke Common Seaweed Brit. Coast & Channel Is. i. 20 The epicure found out..that one seaweed made an appetizing sauce: the Englishman calls it laver, the Irishman sloke, the Scotchman slaak, and the scientific man porphyra; but all agree in dressing it with lemon juice, spices, and butter, and like it well. 1922 W. S. Furneaux Sea Shore 354 It [sc. Ulva latissima] is known as the Green Laver, and is used as food in districts where the true laver (Porphyra) is not to be obtained. 1953 G. E. Fogg Metabolism of Algae i. 10 The demonstration of phytochromes in algae is rendered difficult by the presence of photosynthetic pigments but it has been accomplished for a red alga, Porphyra, for Vaucheria, [etc.]. 1995 C. van den Hoek et al. Algae v. 65/2 In Japan, Porphyra has been grown on a large scale and processed for consumption probably since the seventeenth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836 |
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