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Alga

A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.

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Diatom 76% connected

One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneou…

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Seaweed 76% connected

Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.

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Algal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or like, algae.

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Algal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or like, algae.

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Algae 92% connected

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Acidophil noun · 86% connection

an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

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an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

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Bacteria noun · 86% connection

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Calymmatobacterium noun · 86% connection

a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

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(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments

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a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

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a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

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Francisella noun · 86% connection

a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)

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a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

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Genus Francisella noun · 86% connection

a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)

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Intestinal flora noun · 86% connection

harmless microorganisms (as Escherichia coli) that inhabit the intestinal tract and are essential for its normal functioning

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Micro-organism noun · 86% connection

any organism of microscopic size

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Microorganism noun · 86% connection

any organism of microscopic size

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(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)

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Algous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seaweed, class, cellular, cryptogamic, plants.
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Anasarca noun · 78% connection

Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swel…

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Archegonium noun · 78% connection

The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

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Beryl noun · 78% connection

A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seaweed, class, cellular, cryptogamic, plants.
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Chlorophyll noun · 78% connection

Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to whic…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seaweed, class, cellular, cryptogamic, plants.
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Copperas noun · 78% connection

Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seaweed, class, cellular, cryptogamic, plants.
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Cryptogamist noun · 78% connection

One skilled in cryptogamic botany.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seaweed, class, cellular, cryptogamic, plants.
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Cytochrome noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seaweed, class, cellular, cryptogamic, plants.
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Dulse noun · 78% connection

A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rho…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seaweed, class, cellular, cryptogamic, plants.
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Equisetum noun · 78% connection

A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seaweed, class, cellular, cryptogamic, plants.
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Fucoid adjective · 78% connection

In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seaweed, class, cellular, cryptogamic, plants.
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Fucus noun · 78% connection

A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed.

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