As nouns the difference between alga and alba
is that alga is any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds while alba is a type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
alga
Noun
(algae)
(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.
Usage notes
* (term) is a non-standard plural.
Hyponyms
* seaweed
alba
English
Etymology 1
First attested in 1821; from the (etyl) alba, ultimately from the (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally , about lovers who must part at dawn.
External links
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Etymology 2
First attested in 1848; from the (etyl) alba (the feminine form of albus, “white”) in the now-disused species name of ''(l) ).
Noun
(
en noun)
A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid .
A flower of the hybrid Rosa'' × ''alba .
External links
* (List of Rosa species)
Etymology 3
First attested in 1859; from the (etyl) alba, the nominative plural form of , whence the (etyl) album.
Anagrams
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