green algae

1. 1.

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

   Synonymschlorophyte

   Broaderalga

   Narrowersea lettucepond scumspirogyrastonewortdesmid

   Part ofChlorophyta

Questions about green algae

What does green algae mean?

green algae means "algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water".

What is another word for green algae?

Close synonyms include chlorophyte. 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 green algae a common word?

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.