algae

Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.

Noun

  1. Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.
    • Algae grows best in shallow water, 3 inches (7.5 cm) deep or less, especially where poor seedbed preparation has created low areas with poor surface drainage, and in fields with inadequate decomposition of organic...
    • Unlike seaweed, which grows in salt water, algae grows in freshwater ponds (chlorella or spirulina) or wild in the Pacific Northwest (Klamath blue green). - 2014, Terry Wahls, Eve Adamson, The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat...
    • An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent weeks, officials say, forcing shoreline cleanups, spreading unpleasant odor and spurring scientists to further investigate the extent...
  2. A particular kind of alga.
    • This hollow, lumpy, yellow-brown algae grows epiphytically in sac-like clumps on large seaweeds and on rocks. - 1984, Deborah A. Coulombe, The Seaside Naturalist: A Guide to Study at the Seashore, page 33:
    • This algae grows relatively quickly, even in temporary ponds and water holes in the desert, so it remained widely known. - 1997, Amadeo M. Rea, At the Desert's Green Edge: An Ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima, page 98:
    • Although often lumped together, spirulina is a blue-green algae whereas chlorella is a green algae. - 2006, Andi Brown, The Whole Pet Diet: Eight Weeks to Great Health for Dogs and Cats, page 144:

Forms

algae algaes

Derived

algaecidal algicide algivore antialgae globe algae oilgae Siamese algae-eater

Noun form of, plural

  1. plural of alga