What does "kombu" mean?

Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae) used in East Asian cuisine.

What is a synonym for "kombu"?

Common synonyms include: brown alga.

/ˈkɒmbuː/ noun

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Noun

1
Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae) used in East Asian cuisine. uncountable
"[T]he productions of Jeso, in particular, are as follows: konbu, or sea-cabbage, birds of prey for hawking, whales and other sea-fish, skins of otters, beavers, seals, and stags, castoreum, gold, silver, adamantine spar."
2
A kind of long horn instrument from Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

"Are wakame and kombu different?"

From Japanese 昆布 (こんぶ, konbu).