bull kelp

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bull kelp (uncountable)

  1. The brown alga Nereocystis luetkeana.
    • 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 8:
      A tiny sparkle caught Ruth’s eye, a small glint of refracted sunlight angling out from beneath a massive tangle of drying bull kelp, which the sea had heaved up onto the sand at full tide.