- yellow-green alga
- noun Date: 1930 any of a class (Xanthophyceae of the division Chrysophyta) of algae with the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment
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yellow-green alga
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yellow-green alga — noun Any alga, of the class Xanthophyceae, that have yellow carotenoid pigments as well as chlorophyll … Wiktionary
yellow-green alga — noun : an alga of the division Chrysophyta with the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment … Useful english dictionary
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alga — noun (plural algae; also algas) Etymology: Latin, seaweed Date: 1551 a plant or plantlike organism of any of several phyla, divisions, or classes of chiefly aquatic usually chlorophyll containing nonvascular organisms of polyphyletic origin that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Chartreuse (color) — For other uses, see Chartreuse. Chartreuse (UK: /ʃɑːˈtrɜːz/, US: /ʃɑːrˈtruːz/ or /ʃɑːrˈtruːs/;[1] French pronunciation: [ʃaʁtʁøz]) (the web color) is a color halfway between yellow and green that was named because of its… … Wikipedia
xanthophyte — noun Any yellow green alga (of the class Xanthophyceae) … Wiktionary
