Algae

English

Noun

algae

1. Microscopic plants which contain chlorophyll and live floating or suspended in water. They also may be attached to structures, rocks or other submerged surfaces. They are food for fish and small aquatic animals. Excess algal growths can impart tastes and odors to potable water. Algae produce oxygen during sunlight hours and use oxygen during the night hours. Their biological activities appreciably affect the pH and dissolved oxygen of the water.
2. Plural form of alga.

Thesaurus

bean; bracken; brown algae; climber; conferva; confervoid; creeper; diatom; dulse; fern; fruits and vegetables; fucoid; fucus; fungi; fungus; grapevine; green algae; gulfweed; herb; heterophyte; ivy; kelp; legume; lentil; liana; lichen; liverwort; mold; molds; moss; mushroom; parasite; parasitic plant; pea; perthophyte; phytoplankton; plankton; planktonic algae; plant families; pond scum; puffball; pulse; red algae; reindeer moss; rockweed; rust; saprophyte; sargasso; sargassum; scum; sea lentil; sea moss; sea wrack; seaweed; smut; succulent; thallogens; toadstool; vetch; vine; wort; wrack

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæl.dʒi/
• (UK) IPA: /ælɡɪ/