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May 27, 2012
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kelp



Pronunciation: (kelp), [key]
—n.
1. any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes. See illus. under stipe.
2. a bed or mass of such seaweeds.
3. the ash of these seaweeds.

—v.i.
to burn these seaweeds for their ash.

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