Definition of green algae Green algae
green al•gae
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What does green algae mean?
WordNet
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| green algae - algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water | ||
| chlorophyte | ||
| alga, algae primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves | ||
| chlorophyta, division chlorophyta large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants | ||
| sea lettuce, laver 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- green algae (Noun)
Plural of green alga. - green algae (Noun)
The chlorophytes.
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Green algae are microscopic protists. One can find them in all sorts of natural water: Salt water, freshwater and brackish water.
The green algae (singular: green alga) are the large group of algae from which the higher plants developed. They form a group, that can included among the Plantae or with the Protista.
The green algae include unicellular and colonial flagellates, usually but not always with two flagella per cell, as well as various colonial, coccoid, and filamentous forms. In the Charales, the closest relatives of higher plants, full differentiation of tissues occurs. There are about 1000 – 2000 species of green algae. Many species live most of their lives as single-cells, other species form colonies or long filaments.
