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Alga vs Microphyte - What's the difference?

alga | microphyte |

In context|biology|lang=en terms the difference between alga and microphyte

is that alga is (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 while microphyte is (biology) any microscopic plant or alga.

As nouns the difference between alga and microphyte

is that alga is (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 while microphyte is (biology) any microscopic plant or alga.

alga

English

(wikipedia 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

    Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    microphyte

    English

    Noun

    (microphytes) (en noun)
  • (biology) Any microscopic plant or alga