blue-green algae

What does blue-green algae mean?

blue-green algae means "predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton".

What is another word for blue-green algae?

Close synonyms include cyanobacteria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blue-green algae a common word?

blue-green algae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for blue-green algae come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.