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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Now, we show the kelps were there, it's just that all the organisms that you expect to be associated with them were not.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 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 kelps are abundant, covering thousands of square miles in the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to the Arctic Ocean.
From General Science by Bertha M. Clark
