green algae

Definitions of green algae

1. noun

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

   types:

   laver, sea lettuce

   seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

   pond scum

   free-floating freshwater green algae

   spirogyra

   freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands

   stonewort

   any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits

   desmid

   freshwater green algae

   type of:

   alga, algae

   primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves