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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

Suzie Flores left a Manhattan career to farm sugar kelp off the Connecticut coast.

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

They had picked two dozen salmon from the net, three stray sticks, two dogfish, a long convoluted coil of kelp, and a number of ensnarled jellyfish when Carl Heine’s face showed.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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