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KELP
kelp
(noun) large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kelp (countable and uncountable, plural kelps)
Any of several large brown seaweeds (order Laminariales).
The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.
Hyponyms
• kombu
Source: Wiktionary
Kelp, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), a California spider crab (Epialtus productus), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color.
РKelp salmon (Zo̦l.), a serranoid food fish (Serranus clathratus) of California. See Cabrilla.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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