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giant kelp
noun
- any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.
Example Sentences
Swaying columns of giant kelp line the rocky shores of California’s Monterey Bay, providing habitat and hunting grounds for rockfish, sea otters, and urchins.
The giant kelp forests along Tasmania have also shrunk by about 95% in recent years.
In comparison, one of the main kelp species in Monterey Bay is giant kelp.
The sea is a vast reservoir of potash, and seaweed, especially the giant kelp, absorbs large quantities of this potash.
They would find that an inexhaustible supply of potash could be manufactured from the giant kelp beds of the Pacific Coast.
A specimen of giant kelp was secured from alongside of the ship, broken off at arm's length below the surface of the water.
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