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algae

[al´je]

a group of plants living in the water, including all seaweeds, and ranging in size from microscopic cells to fronds hundreds of feet long.

blue-green algae former name for members of the group now called Cyanobacteria.

al·gae

(al'jē),

A division of eukaryotic, photosynthetic, nonflowering organisms that includes many seaweeds.

[pl. of L. alga, seaweed]

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al·gae

(al'jē)

A division of eukaryotic, photosynthetic, nonflowering organisms that includes many seaweeds.

[pl. of L. alga, seaweed]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

algae

a collective term for several taxonomic groups of plants, namely Charophyta, Chlorophyta, Chrysophyta, Euglenophyta, Phaeophyta, Pyrrophyta and Rhodophyta. All are relatively simple photosynthetic forms with unicellular reproductive structures. They range from UNICELLULAR organisms to non-vascular filamentous or thalloid plants. Algae occur in both marine and fresh water, while others are terrestrial, living in damp situations on walls, trees, etc.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

Algae

Plants that have one cell.

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Thus when it comes to anything that involves human relationships, journalists are at the same end of the spectrum where pond scum and dog lice reside.

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