Meaning | Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves. |
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Synonym | alga |
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Narrower | brown algae | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments |
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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 |
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Spanish | alga, algas |
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Catalan | alga |
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