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plural noun
any grass-green, chiefly freshwater algae of the phylum Chlorophyta, often growing on wet rocks, damp wood, or on the surface of stagnant water.
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Origin of green algae
First recorded in 1900â05
Words nearby green algae
Greeley, Horace, Greely, green, green about the gills, green alga, green algae, green audit, Greenaway, greenback, green-backed heron, Greenback party
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British Dictionary definitions for green algae
green algae
pl n
the algae of the phylum Chlorophyta, which possess the green pigment chlorophyll. The group includes sea lettuce and spirogyra
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