ALGA


Meaning of ALGA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈal-gə ]

noun

( plural al·gae ˈal-(ˌ)jē ; also algas )

Etymology: Latin, seaweed

Date: 1551

: a plant or plantlike organism of any of several phyla, divisions, or classes of chiefly aquatic usually chlorophyll-containing nonvascular organisms of polyphyletic origin that usually include the green, yellow-green, brown, and red algae in the eukaryotes and especially formerly the cyanobacteria in the prokaryotes

• al·gal -gəl adjective

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