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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kelp/kelp/

▶noun

1 a very large brown seaweed that typically has a long, tough stalk with a broad frond divided into strips. [Laminaria and other genera, family Laminariaceae.]

2 the calcined ashes of seaweed, used as a source of various salts.

– origin ME: of unknown origin.

'kelp' also found in these Oxford entries:

oarweed - varec

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