green alga
noun
any one species of the green algae, the grass-green, chiefly freshwater algae of the phylum Chlorophyta, often growing on wet rocks, damp wood, or on the surface of stagnant water.
green algal
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a word derived from
green alga.
Example Sentences
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Nutrient pollution can have acute local impacts, such as green algal blooms, which can be toxic to humans and animals.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
Then come the gray seals, whose fecal plumes generate green algal blooms that can be seen from space.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023
Periodically, unusually warm water causes the corals to lose their green algal partners and die, opening the way for macroalgae to move in again.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 12, 2022
In 2002, in a stinky discharge basin behind a shopping mall prone to green algal blooms and crawling with brown rats and tubifex worms, he spotted a familiar green shoot.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
