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Definition of Green algae

1. Noun. Algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water.

Definition of Green algae

1. Noun. (plural of green alga) ¹

2. Noun. The chlorophytes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Green algae

1. Division of algae containing photosynthetic pigments similar to those in higher plants and having a green colour. Includes unicellular forms, filaments and leaf like thalluses (e.g. Ulva). Some members form coenobia and the Characean algae have branched filaments. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Green algae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"THE appearance of the fourth edition of Engler's ' Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien ' (whose preface is dated May, 1904, although so far as the green algae are ..."

2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"CHAPTER V BLUE-Green algae (CYANOPHYCEAE) BY EDGAR W. OLIVE Curator of Ike Brooklyn Botanic Garden THE blue-green algae are found principally in fresh ..."

3. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"Blue-green Algae. Cyanophyceae The Blue-green Algae are the simplest forms" of ... There are about 1200 species of Blue-green Algae, and they are widely ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"CHLOROPHYCEAE, or Green algae. III. PHAEOPHYCEAE, or Brown Algae. IV. RHODOPHYCEAE, or Red Algae. The merits and demerits of this system will appear during ..."

5. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Bright-green Algae. By far the greater number of Minnesota algae belong to this group. ... green Algae."

6. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"SOME NEW Green algae. FS COLLINS. (Plate 76.) No. 106 THE species here noted are only in part from New England localities, but so general is the ..."

7. A Treatise on the British Freshwater Algae by George Stephen West (1904)
"Even in the red, brown, and blue-green Algae chlorophyll is present, but the green colour is masked by the presence of other colouring- matters. ..."

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