 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
algae
noun: primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic
organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves [syn: {alga}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Alga \Al"ga\, noun; pl. {Alg[ae]} or {algae}. [L., seaweed.]
(Bot.)
A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic
plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as
kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water
conferv[ae], etc. The algae are primitive
chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms
lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
algae \algae\ n.
plural of {alga}.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cryptogamia \Cryp'to*ga"mi*a\ (kr?p't?-g?"m?-?), noun; pl.
{Cryptogami[ae]} (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. krypto's hidden, secret
+ ga'mos marriage.] (Bot.)
The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never
having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of
various kinds.
Note: The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The
following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I.
{{Pteridophyta}, or {Vascular Acrogens}.} These include
Ferns, {Equiseta} or Scouring rushes, {Lycopodiace[ae]}
or Club mosses, {Selaginelle[ae]}, and several other
smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal
plants called {Lepidodendron}, {Sigillaria}, and
{Calamites}. II. {{Bryophita}, or {Cellular Acrogens}}.
These include {Musci}, or Mosses, {Hepatic[ae]}, or
Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly
{Charace[ae]}, the Stoneworts. III. {{Alg[ae]}}, which
are divided into {Floride[ae]}, the Red Seaweeds, and
the orders {Dictyote[ae]}, {O["o]spore[ae]},
{Zo["o]spore[ae]}, {Conjugat[ae]}, {Diatomace[ae]}, and
{Cryptophyce[ae]}. IV. {{Fungi}}. The molds, mildews,
mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped
into several subclasses and many orders. The {Lichenes}
or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature,
each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "algae":
Ectocarpales, Iceland moss, Irish moss, Phaeophyceae, autophyte,
bean, bracken, brown algae, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper,
diatom, dulse, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucoid, fucus, fungi,
fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, ivy,
kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, molds, moss,
mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte,
phytoplankton, plankton, planktonic algae, plant families,
pond scum, puffball, pulse, red algae, reindeer moss, rockweed,
rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, scum, sea lentil, sea moss,
sea wrack, seaweed, smut, succulent, thallogens, toadstool, vetch,
vine, wort, wrack
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