genus laminaria

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist genus,
definition	:	any genus of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	kelp,
definition	:	large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family laminariaceae, laminariaceae,
definition	:	large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters (noun.animal)