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algae

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al·ga  (lg)
n. pl. al·gae (-j)
Any of various chiefly aquatic, eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms, ranging in size from single-celled forms to the giant kelp. Algae were once considered to be plants but are now classified separately because they lack true roots, stems, leaves, and embryos.

[Latin, seaweed.]

algal (lgl) adj.

algae [ˈældʒiː]
pl n sing alga [ˈælgə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) unicellular or multicellular organisms formerly classified as plants, occurring in fresh or salt water or moist ground, that have chlorophyll and other pigments but lack true stems, roots, and leaves. Algae, which are now regarded as protoctists, include the seaweeds, diatoms, and spirogyra
[from Latin, plural of alga seaweed, of uncertain origin]
algal  [ˈælgəl] adj
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Noun1.algaealgae - primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
protoctist - any of the unicellular protists
seaweed - plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
golden algae - algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll
yellow-green algae - any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment
diatom - microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
confervoid algae - algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments
brown algae - algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments
euglenid, euglenoid, euglenophyte - marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism
chlorophyte, green algae - algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
chlorella - any alga of the genus Chlorella
red algae - marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan
cryptomonad, cryptophyte - common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms

algae

Algae

bladderwrack, brown algae, carrageen, carragheen, or carageen, diatom, dinoflagellate, dulse, euglena, fucoid or fucus, green algae, gulfweed, Iceland moss, Irish moss, kelp, laver, lichen, oarweed, phytoplankton or plankton, red algae, reindeer moss, rockweed, sargasso or sargassum, sea lettuce, sea tangle, seaweed, sea wrack, spirogyra, stonewort, wrack
Translations
algae [ˈældʒiː] nalgues fpl

algae
plAlgen pl

algae [ˈældʒiː] nplalghe fpl

algae
n / pl algae [ˈӕldʒiː, algiː]
alga ˈӕlgə singular a group of simple plants which includes seaweed. alge طُحْلُب، طَحَالِب водорасло řasy alger vetikad جلبک؛ خزه levät אָצָה शैवाल alge 조류 dumbliai alga водоросли alge สาหร่าย su yosunları 藻類, 海藻 морські водорості سمندری پودے tảo ,


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For two hours we followed these sandy plains, then fields of algae very disagreeable to cross.
Hooker informs me that twenty-five species of Algae are common to New Zealand and to Europe, but have not been found in the intermediate tropical seas.
 
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