Kelp

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

Kelps are large brown algae or seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales. There are about 30 genera. Despite its appearance and use of photosynthesis in chloroplasts, kelp is not a plant but a stramenopile.

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