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al·ga
(ăl′gə)n. pl. al·gae (-jē)
Any of numerous photosynthetic organisms of aquatic or moist habitats, ranging in size from single-celled diatoms to large seaweeds such as kelp, and characterized by a lack of complex organs and tissues. Once classified within the plant kingdom, the algae are now considered to include several unrelated groups belonging to different kingdoms.
[Latin, seaweed.]
al′gal (ăl′gəl) adj.
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algae
(ˈældʒiː)pl n, sing alga (ˈælɡə)
(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
[C16: from Latin, plural of alga seaweed, of uncertain origin]
algal adj
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al•gae
(ˈæl dʒi)n.pl., sing. -ga (-gə).
any of numerous groups of eukaryotic one-celled or colonial organisms that contain chlorophyll, usu. flourishing in aquatic or damp environments and lacking true roots, stems, or leaves: includes seaweeds, pond scum, and many plankton.
[1545–55; < New Latin, pl. of Latin alga seaweed]
al′gal, adj.
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algae
Plantlike organisms, mainly microscopic but also including seaweeds.
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| Noun | 1. |  algae - primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leavesprotoctist - 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 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 |
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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, wrackCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
طُحْلُب، طَحَالِب
řasy
alger
alga
òörungar
dumbliai
aļģe
riasy
su yosunları
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algae
pl → Algen pl
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algae
(ˈӕldʒiː) , (algiː) noun, noun singular or pluralalga (ˈӕlgə) singular a group of simple plants which includes seaweed.
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