Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Laver \La"ver\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n.
   The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] used as food, and for
   making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the {Ulva
   latissima}; purple laver, {Porphyra laciniata} and {P.
   vulgaris}. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
   other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
   {sloke}, or {sloakan}.

   {Mountain laver} (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the
      genus {Palmella}, found on the sides of mountains