Alga Definition

ălgə
algae
noun
Any of numerous photosynthetic organisms of aquatic or moist habitats, ranging in size from single-celled diatoms to large seaweeds such as kelp, and characterized by a lack of complex organs and tissues. Once classified within the plant kingdom, the algae are now considered to include several unrelated groups belonging to different kingdoms.
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(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.

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Noun

Singular:
alga
Plural:
algae

Origin of Alga

  • Latin seaweed

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Alga Sentence Examples

  • The most common type of alga that grows in swimming pools is called green algae.

  • The genus Dictyonema has gonidia belonging to the bluegreen alga, Scytonema.

  • It is said that the fungus of Cora pavonia and of Dictyonema is identical, the difference being in the nature of the alga.

  • The similarity of the morphological characters of one group of fungi to those of certain algae has earned for it the name of Phycomycetes or alga -fungi.

  • As in the case of epiphytic brown seaweeds, the rhizoids of the epiphyte often penetrate the substance of the supporting alga.

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