bull kelp

bull kelp
noun
: any of certain large brown Pacific seaweeds (division Phaeophyta) especially of the genus Nereocystis

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n. a very large brown seaweed found in Pacific and Antarctic waters, growing up to 165 feet (50 m) in length off the northwestern coasts of North America. Nereocystis and other genera, class Phaeophyceae

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