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green alga

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of very many plant organisms, of the phyla Chlorophyta and Charophyta, that grow in damp places; a chlorophyte.

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  • Bulgarian: зелено водорасло (zeleno vodoraslo) — organism of the Chlorophyta
  • Chinese Mandarin: 綠藻 /绿藻 (lǜzǎo) — organism of the Chlorophyta
  • Dutch: groenwier — organism of the Chlorophyta
  • Finnish: viherlevä — organism of the Chlorophyta
  • French: algue verte — organism of the Chlorophyta
  • German: Grünalge — organism of the Chlorophyta
  • Japanese: 緑藻 (ryokusō) — organism of the Chlorophyta
  • Kazakh: жасыл балдыр (jasyl baldyr) — organism of the Chlorophyta
  • Polish: zielenica — organism of the Chlorophyta
  • Spanish: alga verde — organism of the Chlorophyta