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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