kelp
Meaning
Synonyms
horned pondweed
sea tangle
konbu seaweed
sea tang
devil’s apron
seaweed products
black rockweed
bladder fucus
Translations
varech
zeewier
Kelp
fuco
fucus
fucoFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɛlp/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English culp, culpe, of uncertain origin; possibly from Old English *colba, *colfa, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō (“bulb, cob”), from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object, club”). Compare Middle High German kolbe (“clublike plant”), Old Norse kolfr (“bulb of a plant”).
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