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algae

[al-jee] / ˈæl dʒi /
NOUN
rootless, leafless plants living in water
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During droughts, algae blooms have turned waterways bright green.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The five-term senator said the categories of products receiving exemptions include corrugated paper cartons, plastic boxes, plastic bags, refrigeration and freezing equipment, packing and wrapping machinery, and seaweed and algae products.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Water levels in the lake have gone down which meant the blue-green algae has grown even more than it has done in the previous years," he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Overfishing is also hurting corals as certain herbivores and predators help control algae and maintain an ecological balance, the organisation said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The lake would turn green with algae, and the golf course would burn up, and the dragonflies would crack open for want of good water.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Positively charged particles, including sodium, can then flow from the water outside the alga into the cell.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Peter Hegemann, at Humboldt University of Berlin, and Georg Nagel, at the University of Würzburg, wanted to understand how a tiny, single-celled alga called Chlamydomonas senses light.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The purpose of this brilliance remains unclear, especially because the alga lives too deep for it to be related to photosynthesis.

From Science Magazine ● May 21, 2024

Blue-green algae is not actually an alga but rather a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023

She is curious; she wants to know the difference between an alga and a lichen, a Diplodon char- ruanus and a Diplodon delodontus.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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