WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
green′ al′gae,
- Microbiologyany grass-green, chiefly freshwater algae of the phylum Chlorophyta, often growing on wet rocks, damp wood, or on the surface of stagnant water.
- 1900–05
'green algae' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blue-green algae
- conferva
- cyanobacteria
- frog spit
- algae
- archaebacteria
- Archeozoic
- arthrospore
- charophyte
- chrysophyte
- Cyanophyta
- eukaryote
- heterocyst
- kingdom
- mermaid's wineglass
- Monera
- plant
- prochloron
- prokaryote
- protist
- volvox
- yellow-green algae
- schizophyceous
- spirulina
- stonewort