Kelp

Definition of Kelp

Pronunciation: kĕlp

n.

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.

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.

Related Words

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

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