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green algae
plural noun
- any grass-green, chiefly freshwater algae of the phylum Chlorophyta, often growing on wet rocks, damp wood, or on the surface of stagnant water.
green algae
plural noun
- the algae of the phylum Chlorophyta, which possess the green pigment chlorophyll. The group includes sea lettuce and spirogyra
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Word History and Origins
Origin of green algae1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
Their favorite feeding ground was a fresh-water pond with a fringe of green algae about the sandy border.
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Specially developed green algae have already been seeded all over the planet.
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They were covered with green algae and fungus several years old.
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Interestingly the flaky skin of the crown had blue-green algae growing on it.
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