Kelp

·noun Any large blackish seaweed.

II. Kelp ·noun The calcined ashes of seaweed, — formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.

kelp
♦ Salsola kali; the ashes produced by the combustion of various marine algæ, and used in obtaining i...

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kelp-fish
n. In New Zealand, also called Butter-fish (q.v.), Coridodax pullus, Forst.In Tasmania, Odax baleat...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris