brown algae

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brown algae - algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments alga, algae - primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves class Phaeophyceae, Phaeophyceae - brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae kelp - large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds fucoid algae, fucoid - any of various algae of the family Fucaceae rockweed - coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide Fucus serratus, serrated wrack, tang - brown algae seaweed with serrated edges gulfweed, sargasso, sargassum, Sargassum bacciferum - brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea