brown algae

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   algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments

   Broaderalga

   Narrowerkelpfucoidrockweedserrated wrackgulfweed

   Part ofPhaeophyceae

Questions about brown algae

What does brown algae mean?

brown algae means "algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments".

Is brown algae a common word?

brown 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.