AlgaWordNet Explorer
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noun
primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
Words in this synset: algae
noun
any of the unicellular protists
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plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
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algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll
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any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment
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microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
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algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments
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algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments