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an alga of the class Phaeophyceae, usually brown owing to the presence of brown pigments in addition to the chlorophyll.[1900-05]
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brown alga
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brown alga — n any of a major taxonomic group (Phaeophyta) of variable mostly marine algae (as a laminaria) with chlorophyll masked by brown pigment see ALGIN, LAMINARIN … Medical dictionary
brown alga — noun : an alga of the division Phaeophyta * * * an alga of the class Phaeophyceae, usually brown owing to the presence of brown pigments in addition to the chlorophyll. [1900 05] … Useful english dictionary
brown alga — noun Date: circa 1899 any of a division (Phaeophyta) of variable mostly marine algae with chlorophyll masked by brown pigment … New Collegiate Dictionary
brown alga — noun Any of many seaweeds of the class Phaeophyceae … Wiktionary
Brown algae — Temporal range: 150–0 Ma[1][2] … Wikipedia
golden-brown alga — noun Date: circa 1957 any of a division (Chrysophyta) of marine and freshwater algae (as diatoms) containing yellowish green to golden brown pigments that obscure the chlorophyll called also chrysophyte, golden alga … New Collegiate Dictionary
golden-brown alga — noun : any alga of the major group Chrysophyta called also chrysophyte golden alga … Useful english dictionary
brown algae — pl.n. any of a class (Phaeophyceae, division Chromophycota) of large, photosynthetic, marine thallophytic algae, including kelp and fucus, having a brown pigment that obscures the green color of chlorophyll * * * ▪ alga class members of the … Universalium
brown algae — noun algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments • Hypernyms: ↑alga, ↑algae • Hyponyms: ↑kelp, ↑fucoid, ↑fucoid algae, ↑rockweed, ↑serrated wrack, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
alga — noun (plural algae; also algas) Etymology: Latin, seaweed Date: 1551 a plant or plantlike organism of any of several phyla, divisions, or classes of chiefly aquatic usually chlorophyll containing nonvascular organisms of polyphyletic origin that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
