kelp: see seaweed seaweed, name commonly used for the multicellular marine algae. Simpler forms, consisting of one cell (e.g., the diatom) or of a few cells, are not generally called seaweeds; these tiny plants help to make up plankton.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Phaeophyta Phaeophyta , phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista consisting of those organisms commonly called brown algae. Many of the world's familiar seaweeds are members of Phaeophyta. There are approximately 1,500 species.
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kelp

Any of about 30 genera of large seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales (brown algae), found in colder seas. Laminaria, abundant along the Pacific coasts and the British Isles, is a source of commercial iodine. Its stipe (stemlike structure) is 3–10 ft (1–3 m) long. The largest known kelp, Macrocystis, grows up to 215 ft (65 m) long. Its body, which has a large rootlike holdfast, a hollow stipe, and branching blades with hollow gas bladders, resembles that of higher plants. It is rich in minerals and algin, a complex carbohydrate used as an emulsifier to prevent crystal formation in ice cream. Species of kelp are widely eaten in East Asia.

kelp

any large brown seaweed, esp any in the order Laminariales

kelp [kelp]

(botany)

The common name for brown seaweed belonging to the Laminariales and Fucales.

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No references found	There are about 100 kinds, including giant kelp, which stretch as high as 30 meters (100 feet). Underwater Jungles by Sohn, Emily / Science News for Kids The stands of giant kelp off California, for example, grip the ocean bottom and send stalks sprouting as much as 30 meters toward the water's surface. Jungle down there: what's a kelp forest doing in the tropics? by Milius, S. / Science News Tokyo, Japan, June 9, 2006 - (JCN) - Takara Bio has identified a unique property of fucoidan derived from Kjellmaniella crassifolia, a kind of giant kelp, in collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Takara Bio Confirms that Kelp-derived Fucoidan Inhibits Clot Formation by JCNN News Summaries	Giaime Pintor Giamatti, A. Bartlett Giambattista Marino Giambologna Giambono, Michele Giamysh Gian Carlo Menotti Gian Francesco Malipiero Gian Giorgio Trissino Giancarlo Pajetta Giandzha Gianis Xenakis Gianni Rodari Giannini, A P Giannini, A. P. Giannini, Amadeo P. Giannis Zebgos Giannotti, Donato giant giant arbor vitae giant branch Giant City State Park giant clam Giant Despair giant granite Giant Kelp Giant Kidney Worm Giant Lantern Festival giant magnetoresistance giant nuclear resonance Giant nuclear resonances giant order giant orders giant pilaster giant planets giant powder giant pulse laser Giant Salamander Giant Schnauzer Giant Sequoia Giant Sequoia National Monument Giant Springs State Park giant star Giant Stars Giant Tortoises Giant White Rabbit giant's cauldron Giant's Causeway giant's kettle giant-cell arteritis Giantism	giant helleborine giant hemangioma of Kasabach-Merritt Giant heron Giant Hill Giant Hill giant hives Giant Hogweed Giant Hogweed Giant Hogweed Giant Hogweed giant hornet giant hypertrophic gastritis giant hypertrophic gastritis giant hypertrophic gastritis giant hyssop Giant impact hypothesis Giant Impact theory Giant Imperial Quart Giant in the Playground Giant Inflatable Penguin Giant Interneuron 3 Giant intestinal roundworm Giant intestinal roundworm Giant intestinal roundworm Giant Inverted Boomerang Giant Irish deer Giant Irish deer Giant Java Tree Giant jellyfish giant kangaroo Giant Kelp Giant kettle Giant kidney worm Giant kidney worm Giant kidney worm Giant kidney worm giant killer Giant Killer Media Design LLC Giant Killer Robots Giant Killers Organization Giant Kingfisher Giant Lantern Festival Giant Large Scale Integration giant liver fluke giant liver fluke giant liver fluke giant liver fluke giant liver fluke1 giant lizard Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia Giant Magellan Telescope Giant Magneto Resistance Giant Magneto-Impedance Giant Magneto-Resistance Giant Magneto-Resistance Random-Access Memory Giant Magnetocaloric Effect Material Giant magnetoresistance Giant magnetoresistance Giant magnetoresistive Giant magnetoresistive Giant magnetoresistive

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There are about 100 kinds, including giant kelp, which stretch as high as 30 meters (100 feet).

Underwater Jungles by Sohn, Emily / Science News for Kids

The stands of giant kelp off California, for example, grip the ocean bottom and send stalks sprouting as much as 30 meters toward the water's surface.

Jungle down there: what's a kelp forest doing in the tropics? by Milius, S. / Science News

Tokyo, Japan, June 9, 2006 - (JCN) - Takara Bio has identified a unique property of fucoidan derived from Kjellmaniella crassifolia, a kind of giant kelp, in collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.

Takara Bio Confirms that Kelp-derived Fucoidan Inhibits Clot Formation by JCNN News Summaries

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