algae
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alga /ˈalgə/
▶noun (pl. algae /ˈaldʒiː, ˈalgiː/) any of a large group of simple, non-flowering plants containing chlorophyll but lacking true stems, roots, leaves, and vascular tissue, e.g. the seaweeds and many single-celled forms.
– derivatives
algal adjective.
algal adjective.
– origin C16: from L., ‘seaweed’.
'algae' also found in these Oxford entries:
alga
- algicide
- algology
- antheridium
- bloom
- blue-green algae
- brown algae
- chlorophyte
- cyanobacteria
- desmid
- fucus
- gametangium
- green algae
- lower plants
- moss
- oogonium
- phycology
- protistan
- red algae
- rhodophyte
- seaweed
- stonewort
- stromatolite
- thallus
- zoospore
