nereocystis lutkeana

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sea otter \Sea" ot"ter\ (Zool.) An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris syn. Enhydris marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed. [1913 Webster]

Sea-otter's cabbage (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis. [1913 Webster]

Kelp \Kelp\ (k[e^]lp), n. [Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.]

1.The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed. [1913 Webster]

Note: Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain; Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean. [1913 Webster]

Kelp crab (Zool.), a California spider crab (Epialtus productus), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color.

Kelp salmon (Zool.), a serranoid food fish (Serranus clathratus) of California. See Cabrilla. [1913 Webster]

Nereocystis \Ne`re*o*cys"tis\, prop. n. [NL. See Nereid, and Cyst.] (Bot.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds. [1913 Webster]

Note: Nereocystis Lutkeana, of the North Pacific, has a stem many fathoms long, terminating in a great vesicle, which is crowned with a tuft of long leaves. The stem is used by the Alaskans for fishing lines. [1913 Webster]