Kelp

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kelp \Kelp\ (k[e^]lp), 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.
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     2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed.
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     Note: {Laminaria} is the common kelp of Great Britain;
           {Macrocystis pyrifera} and {Nereocystis Lutkeana} are
           the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean.
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     {Kelp crab} (Zool.), a California spider crab ({Epialtus
        productus}), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in
        color.
  
     {Kelp salmon} (Zool.), a serranoid food fish ({Serranus
        clathratus}) of California. See {Cabrilla}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kelp
       n : large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "kelp":
     algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, climber, conferva,
     confervoid, creeper, diatom, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus,
     fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, ivy,
     legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, moss, mushroom,
     parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte, phytoplankton,
     planktonic algae, plant families, puffball, pulse, red algae,
     rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, sea lentil,
     sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, smut, succulent, toadstool, vetch,
     vine, wort, wrack