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Alga Definitions:

  1. A common term for several unrelated groups of photosynthetic eukaryotic microorganisms lacking multicellular sex organs (except for the charophytes) and conducting vessels. Most are now considered protists.

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  2. A photosynthetic, eucaryotic plant-like organism. It may be unicellular or multicellular.

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Alga Notes:

Alga is a plantlike organism that contains chlorophyll to produce their food via the process of photosynthesis. Mostly algae (plural of alga) come under the category of kingdom Protista or under the group of eukarya (consists of higher plants and animals). Alga can be unicellular or multicellular.

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