Alg[ae]

Alga \Al"ga\, n.; 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.
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algae \algae\ n.
   plural of {alga}.
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Cryptogamia \Cryp`to*ga"mi*a\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; 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.
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   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]}, {Oospore[ae]},
         {Zoospore[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.
         [1913 Webster] Cryptogamic
         Cryptogamian
    

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