Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gigantic seaweed of the natural order Laminariaceœ, having a simple filiform stem, sometimes several hundred feet in length, terminating in a huge club-shaped or spherical bladder, from which springs a tuft of dichotomously dividing fronds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Bot.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds.
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Examples
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In the temperate waters, the most important sources are species of Macrocystis, Laminaria, Ecklonia and Nereocystis.
Chapter 7 1991
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Giant kelp (such as Macrocystis and Nereocystis) are also harvested from natural populations off the Pacific coast of North America.
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(Nereocystis luetkeana) with an understory of several species of red and brown algae.
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(Macrocystis pyrifera) or Bull Whip Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) with an understory of several species of red and brown algae.
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