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algae

[al-jee] / ˈæl dʒi /
NOUN
rootless, leafless plants living in water
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Shortly after reopening, the water turned green with algae.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

The heat, low oxygen and toxic algae all harm the chi.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Coral is made up of tiny individual animals called polyps, which maintain a symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae that live within their tissues.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Last time a marine heatwave hit South Australia and Tasmania, there were starving penguins, fish kills, suffocating algae outbreaks, and jellyfish invasions.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

I ate algae throughout the day until my stomach could take no more.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

"More than 80 fish were observed around a single floating alga," said Mr Mazoudier.

From Science Daily Jan. 31, 2024

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

From BBC Jul. 10, 2023

Myriam Valero, a population geneticist at CNRS, the French national research agency, has been studying the genetics of the red alga Gracilaria gracilis for many years in the tidepools of Europe.

From Science Magazine Jul. 27, 2022

Giant kelp is the common name for Macrocystis pyrifera, a species of alga that grows into lush underwater forests along the coast of the northeastern Pacific Ocean, from Baja California north to southeastern Alaska.

From Scientific American Jul. 21, 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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