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alga, algae (noun)

primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

  • Hypernyms

  • Derivationally Related Forms

    • algal
      of or relating to alga

  • Related To

    • 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
    • euglenoid, euglenophyte, euglenid
      marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism
    • green algae, chlorophyte
      algae that are clear green in color
    • chlorella
      any alga of the genus Chlorella
    • red algae
      marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment
    • cryptomonad, cryptophyte
      common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms

Wikipedia Categories

Charales

Charales is an order of pondweeds, freshwater algae in the division Charophyta.

Algae

Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms.

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