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kelp

  [kelp]
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–noun
1. any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes.
2. a bed or mass of such seaweeds.
3. the ash of these seaweeds.
–verb (used without object)
4. to burn these seaweeds for their ash.
Origin:
1350–1400; appar. dial. var. of ME culp < ?
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kelp   (kělp)   
n.  

  1. Any of various brown, often very large seaweeds of the order Laminariales.

  2. The ash of these seaweeds, used as a source of potash and iodine.


[Middle English culp.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

kelp 
1663, from M.E. culpe (1387), of unknown origin. Kelper "native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands" is attested from 1960.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: kelp
Pronunciation: 'kelp
Function: noun
1 : any of various large brown seaweeds (orders Laminariales and Fucales) and especiallylaminarias of which some are used for food especially in China and Japan and as sources of alginates, iodine, and medicinal substances
2 : the ashes of seaweed used especially as asource of iodine
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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