alga 1
noundomain: animal
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
Hypernym
protoctist 1
noun
any of the unicellular protists
EnglishDerivationally related form
algal 1
adjective
of or relating to alga
Hyponym
seaweed 1
noun
plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
golden algae 1
noun
algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll
any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment
diatom 1
noun
microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments
