bull kelp

English

Noun

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.