laminariaceae

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1. large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist family,
definition	:	any of the families of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus laminaria, laminaria,
definition	:	type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	laminariales, order laminariales,
definition	:	in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas (noun.animal)