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kelp

[kelp] / kɛlp /
NOUN
algae
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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The broad category also includes organisms such as kelp, slime molds, and red algae, some of which grow into large, complex structures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Made from recycled plastics and ceramic magnets, it’s designed to mimic a dense kelp forest, which is a natural barrier for sharks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Others are much larger and multicellular, such as kelp, slime molds, and red algae.

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026

People assume it's rubbery, but that's Pacific kelp - Japanese kombu.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Pomp asked him of the sea’s lore, and he told us tales of sea-waifs in cradles of kelp, and the glowing corposants that crawl ship’s spars when guilty men keep crimes embosomed.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

The kelps growing there accumulated two times less biomass.

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




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