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algae::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alga |
| Type of | protoctist |
| Has types | chlorella, chlorophyte, confervoid algae, cryptomonad, cryptophyte, diatom, euglenid, euglenoid, euglenophyte, golden algae, green algae, red algae, seaweed, brown algae, yellow-green algae |
Examples of algae
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The sharp clams inhibit beach walking and their waste creates algae, which rots.
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Algae is a key ingredient for cosmetics, and it can even be turned into biofuel.
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I bought two tropical fish, a bumble-bee platy and an algae-eating common pleco.
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Red tide is a type of harmful algae that naturally occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The initial suspect was domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by microscopic algae.
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Beakers of algae were being used to study their environmental benefits of algae.
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The algae-as-hitchhiker theory is one being considered by federal investigators.
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The biofuel blend included components derived from the jatropha plant and algae.
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Health inspectors, for example, make sure swimming pools do not fill with algae.
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- Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
- (algal) of or relating to alga
- Algae (or ; singular alga , Latin for "seaweed") are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms, such as the giant kelps that grow to 65 meters in length. ...
- (Algae (programming language)) Algae is an interpreted programming language for numerical analysis, a branch of mathematics. Its interactive interpreter is available under GPL. The language and its implementation were designed by Scott Hunziker and Mike Brennan starting in 1994.
- 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
- (Algae) class of almost exclusively aquatic plants including seaweeds and their fresh-water allies. They range in size from single cell forms to giant seaweeds several metres long.
- (Algae) Rooftop fungus that can leave dark stains on roofing.
- (algae) Single-celled or simple multi-celled organisms, commonly found in surface water, which produce their own food through photosynthesis. Excessive algae growth may cause the water to have undesirable odors or tastes and decay of algae can deplete the oxygen in the water.
- (Algae) Microscopic plant-like organisms that contain chlorophyll. Algae are nourished by carbon dioxide (CO2) and use sunlight to carry out photosynthesis. It is introduced by rain or wind and grows in colonies producing nuisance masses. ...
