Alga

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bioflocculate halimedatrial cyanopeptolin silicoflagellate aquatic androspore cell malyngolide confervoid stonewort diatom prymnesin telalginite mermaid's tresses antialgal axodine aplanogamete coenocyte pleco phycophaeine chromist heterokontophyte picoalga brassicasterol algaes homothallic biliphyte seaweed eukaryotic phycovirus biopetroleum vanadium bromoperoxidase phyte protothecan obtusin globe animalcule synurid kelp algal bloom photosynthesis gonidium algal coral bleaching fucosterol mossback physode ice alga heterokont trebouxioid crow silk algæ fucus moorball sporocarp bark louse phycotoxin metaphyton ciguateratoxin blanketweed melanosperm ectocarpene photosynthetic gonyaulax rejuvenescence biophotolysis seirospore conceptacle glaucophyte algo phycochrome botryococcene euglenophyte swarmspore plastid phycoxanthin coralline monoalgal prymnesiophyte organism resting spore trichoblast trebouxoid biophotoreactor coenobium chromophyte cyanolichen phycologist unialgal spore udoteacean algous pelagophycean receptacle fisherellin cryptogam spermatozoid phaeospore thalloid nemathecium pelagophyte rhabdolith scytonematoid bindstone gulfweed laminarite archaeplastid raphidophyte algophagous zoospore moss oospore dictyochophyte algae macroalga propagulum red alga lamalginite bacillariophyte bioflocculation glucuronan antialgae conferva eustigmatophyte algoid pseudofilament microphyte hapteron algologically arsenosugar autosporogenesis aetheogam acetoxycrenulatin

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Noun

alga algae

Definition: primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

Definition: Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.