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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kelpnoun

    large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds

Wiktionary

  1. kelpnoun

    any of several large brown seaweeds (order Laminariales).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Kelpnoun

    A salt produced from calcined sea-weed.

    In making alum, the workmen use the ashes of a sea-weed called kelp, and urine. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

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  1. kelp

    Kelp is a type of large, brown seaweed that grows in underwater forests in shallow oceans. They are known for their high growth rate and can reach up to 250 feet in length. Kelp is an important part of marine ecosystems and provides food and shelter for a large variety of sea creatures. They also have various uses for humans, including as food, medicine, and in the production of certain products like fertilizers and alginates. Kelp plays a crucial role in combating climate change as they absorb and store carbon dioxide.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kelpnoun

    the calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine

  2. Kelpnoun

    any large blackish seaweed

  3. Etymology: [Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.]

Wikidata

  1. Kelp

    Kelps are large seaweeds belonging to the brown algae in the order Laminariales. There are about 30 different genera. Kelp grows in underwater "forests" in shallow oceans, and is thought to have appeared in Miocene, 23 to 5 million years ago. The organisms require nutrient-rich water with temperatures between 6 and 14 °C. They are known for their high growth rate — the genera Macrocystis and Nereocystis can grow as fast as half a metre a day, ultimately reaching 30 to 80 metres. Through the 19th century, the word "kelp" was closely associated with seaweeds that could be burned to obtain soda ash. The seaweeds used included species from both the orders Laminariales and Fucales. The word "kelp" was also used directly to refer to these processed ashes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Kelp

    kelp, n. the calcined ashes of seaweed, once used in making glass.—Also Kilp. [Ety. unknown.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  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.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  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.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. kelp

    Salsola kali; the ashes produced by the combustion of various marine algæ, and used in obtaining iodine, soda, &c.

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  1. KELP

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KELP

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kelp is ranked #59171 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Kelp surname appeared 342 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kelp.

    94.1% or 322 total occurrences were White.
    2.3% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kelp in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kelp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of kelp in a Sentence

  1. Marty Odlin:

    Kelp is one of the fastest growing things in the world, so it pulls carbon in at the fastest rate of any species in the world.

  2. Mary Ellen:

    Some brown kelps, such as the sugar kelp grown in New England, are very high in iodine, they have so much iodine that consumers are advised to eat it no more than three times per week.

  3. Jenn Caselle:

    It's a really iconic species in our local kelp forests, and it's fascinating because it's big, it's beautiful and it changes sex.

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