alga
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1. primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | protoctist, |
| definition | : | any of the unicellular protists (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | seaweed, |
| definition | : | plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | golden algae, |
| definition | : | algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | yellow-green algae, |
| definition | : | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | diatom, |
| definition | : | microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | confervoid algae, |
| definition | : | algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | brown algae, |
| definition | : | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chlorophyte, green algae, |
| definition | : | algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chlorella, |
| definition | : | any alga of the genus Chlorella (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | red algae, |
| definition | : | marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cryptomonad, cryptophyte, |
| definition | : | common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | algal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to alga (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | algal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to alga (adj.pert) |
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