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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

"Whenever the bad algae grows more, because of the nutrients in the lakes, it will release the various toxins that are very harmful for humans."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

A reef ecosystem collapses when hard corals -- which build its living foundation -- largely disappear and are replaced by algae, rubble and sponges.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

His face was blotchy with algae, and his beard was overgrown.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

This movement of charged particles sends a signal inside the alga that helps it swim.

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023

In the case of Gracilaria, however, things are more complicated: The female alga doesn’t release its egg cells, but keeps them inside funnel-shaped filaments.

From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022

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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