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.:Nori
Nori is a Japanese term used to refer to edible varieties of seaweed
in the various species of the red alga Porphyra, including most
notably P. yezoensis and P. tenera. A few other algae are used as
well, including some cyanobacteria. Nori is also commonly used to
refer to the food products created from these so-called "sea
vegetables". Finished products are made by a shredding and
rack-drying process that resembles papermaking. Nori is commonly
used as a wrap for Onigiri and Makizushi.
Nori is sometimes translated laver in English, but the term usually
applies to plants of the genus Porphyra and not to the finished edible
sheets of nori. The English term is in any case not well known, and in
the United States, the term nori is more common
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