'Kelp' definitions:
Definition of 'kelp'
From: WordNet
noun
Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
Definition of 'Kelp'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain; Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'kelp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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