ETYM Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.
Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds.
Seaweed ashes, yielding iodine; several large brown seaweeds.
Collective name for large brown seaweeds, such as those of the Fucaceae and Laminariaceae families. Kelp is also a term for the powdery ash of burned seaweeds, a source of iodine.
The brown kelp Macrocystis pyrifera, abundant in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters, is one of the fastest-growing organisms known, reaching 100 m/320 ft. It is farmed for the alginate industry, its rapid surface growth allowing cropping several times a year, but it is an alien pest in N Atlantic waters. + prikaži više

seaweed; kelp
seaweed; kelp.