dictionary help1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.
2. <botany> Any large blackish seaweed.
Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain; Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean. Kelp crab, a serranoid food fish (Serranus clathratus) of California. See Cabrilla.
Origin: Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.
(01 Mar 1998)
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