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1. (n.) kelp
any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in manufacturing processes.
2. kelp
a bed or mass of such seaweeds.
3. kelp
the ashes of these seaweeds, a source of iodine.
Etymology: (1350–1400; appar. dial. var. of ME culp)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) kelp
large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Kelp
the calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine
2. (noun) Kelp
any large blackish seaweed
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Kelp
an alkaline substance derived from the ashes of certain sea-weeds, yielding iodine, soda, potass, and certain oils; kelp-burning was formerly a valuable industry in Orkney and the Hebrides.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Kelp
Large, robust forms of brown algae (PHAEOPHYCEAE) in the order Laminariales. They are a major component of the lower intertidal and sublittoral zones on rocky coasts in temperate and polar waters. Kelp, a kind of SEAWEED, usually refers to species in the genera LAMINARIA or MACROCYSTIS, but the term may also be used for species in FUCUS or Nereocystis.
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