alga (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *alga*:
NOUN	animal	alga, algae	primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

English > *alga*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
Synonym	algae
Narrower	brown algae	algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments
	chlorella	Any alga of the genus Chlorella
	confervoid algae	algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments
	cryptomonad, cryptophyte	Common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms
	diatom	Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
	euglenoid, euglenophyte, euglenid	marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism
	golden algae	algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll
	green algae, chlorophyte	algae that are clear green in color
	red algae	marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment
	seaweed	plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
	yellow-green algae	Any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment
Broader	protoctist	Any of the unicellular protists
Spanish	alga, algas
Catalan	alga
Adjectives	algal	of or relating to alga
Adjectives	algoid	of or resembling algae

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