Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kelp"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kelp \Kelp\, n. [Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.]
1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in
the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of
iodine.
2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed.
Note: {Laminaria} is the common kelp of Great Britain;
{Macrocystis pyrifera} and {Nereocystis Lutkeana} are
the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean.
{Kelp crab} (Zo["o]l.), a California spider crab ({Epialtus
productus}), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in
color.
{Kelp salmon} (Zo["o]l.), a serranoid food fish ({Serranus
clathratus}) of California. See {Cabrilla}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kelp
n : large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
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