| NOUN | animal | red algae | marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment |
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| Meaning | marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan. | |
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| Member of | Rhodophyta, division Rhodophyta | Lower plants |
| Parts | carpospore | A nonmotile spore of red algae |
| Narrower | Irish moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus | dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America |
| dulse, Rhodymenia palmata | coarse edible red seaweed | |
| red laver, laver | edible red seaweeds | |
| sea moss | Any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen) | |
| Broader | alga, algae | Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves |
| Spanish | algas rojas, rodófitas | |
| Catalan | alga vermella, rodòfit | |
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