kelp
noun
any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes.
kelps
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pluralof kelp.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Researchers learned that sessile invertebrates -- those that stay in one place, such as mussels and barnacles -- became more abundant during the study period, while seaweed species like kelps declined.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
You’ll also encounter a prism of marine plants such as varying kelps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
Over the course of a year, the team returned to the sites four times to measure the growth of 20 sample kelps.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 6, 2021
“If we go down to zero kelps, then trying to restore them is a huge amount of work,” she said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
The marine variety are familiar as the brown kelps and the wracks, which are very common along our Northern coast.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
