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kelp

[kelp] / kɛlp /
NOUN
algae
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Others are much larger and multicellular, such as kelp, slime molds, and red algae.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

"There's a lot of dishes where you might not taste the kelp," he says, "but it'll just taste more like the ocean."

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Sea otters are a keystone species in kelp forest ecosystems, eating sea urchins that would otherwise consume the kelp, according to the aquarium.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

People assume it's rubbery, but that's Pacific kelp - Japanese kombu.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Just before dark on the fourteenth day, they saw a piece of floating kelp.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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