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algae

[al-jee] / ˈæl dʒi /
NOUN
rootless, leafless plants living in water
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Associate Professor Fan said: "After years of fieldwork, we finally found several sites with the right conditions where animal fossils are preserved together with the abundant algae."

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Some cichlids evolved into predators, while others specialized in feeding on algae, sifting sand, or consuming plankton.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Starting in the late 2000s, the company ran a nearly ubiquitous series of television commercials touting the potential to produce a biofuel from algae that could one day fuel “trucks, buses, boats, cars, even airplanes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Exxon Mobil terminated its algae research with Viridos in March 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The torso, a huge warped frame of an old ship, shook and sloshed as it walked and dribbled a wet green trail of algae behind it.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia