As nouns the difference between algae and lichen
is that
algae is irregular plural of alga while
lichen is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
algae English
Noun
(head)
(alga)
Anagrams
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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
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lichen English
Noun
( en noun)
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
* 1894 — (Rudyard Kipling), , Lukannon
- The Beaches of Lukannon–the winter wheat so tall–
The dripping, crinkled lichens , and the sea-fog drenching all!
* 1895 — , , ch XI
- It was the same rich green that one sees on forest moss or on the lichen in caves: plants which like these grow in a perpetual twilight.
* 1915 — (John Muir), , ch V
- The nibble marks of the stone adze were still visible, though crusted over with scale lichens in most places.
(figurative) Something which spreads across something else, causing damage.
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- Meanwhile, abiding a day of judgment, she fought ceaselessly to deny the bitter drops in her cup, to tear back the slow, the intangibly slow growth of a hot, corrosive lichen eating into her heart.
Synonyms
* (something which spreads) (l)
Derived terms
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See also
* (lichen)
* algae
* fungus
* Iceland moss
* moss
* reindeer moss
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