giant kelp

giant kelp
noun
: any of several large Pacific kelps (especially Macrocystis pyrifera)

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any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.

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giant kelp,
a large seaweed of the Pacific coast of North and South America, having stems which sometimes grow more than 200 feet long. Algin is obtained from this seaweed.

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