alga

名词 n.
/ˈæl.ɡə/    /ˈæl.ɡə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
    — For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.

词形变化

algae plural algæ archaic,plural

词源

From Latin alga.
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