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algae

[al-jee] / ˈæl dʒi /
NOUN
rootless, leafless plants living in water
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However, transferring the complex machinery from algae into land plants has proven extremely difficult.

From Science Daily

"I hate any kind of pollution to be honest, there's blue and green algae here, there's bird flu, ducks and swans dying."

From BBC

They develop when algae and microbial communities grow in mats across sandy seafloors.

From Science Daily

The researchers found that this fungus acts as a lethal parasite in Ostreopsis cf. ovata, a species of algae responsible for toxic blooms that can negatively affect human health.

From Science Daily

That iron would fuel blooms of microscopic algae, which absorb heat trapping carbon dioxide as they grow.

From Science Daily