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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024al•gae /ˈældʒi/USA pronunciation n.pl.; sing.: -ga (-gə).- Microbiologyany of many groups of one-celled organisms containing chlorophyll and usually living in watery or damp environments.
al•gal /ˈælgəl/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•gae (al′jē),USA pronunciation n.pl., sing. -ga (-gə).USA pronunciation - Microbiologyany of numerous groups of chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms 100 ft. (30 m) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of nonreproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classified into the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta. Cf. blue-green algae.
- Neo-Latin, plural of Latin alga seaweed
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