HOW TO PRONOUNCE
algae
/ˈældʒi/
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End with “jee.”
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2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“Algae covered the surface of the pond.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does algae mean?
noun
- plural of alga
- Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.
- A particular kind of alga.
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/ˈældʒi/
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Sea-weeds, or algae, especially those growing in the deep sea, absorb its salts--NaI, KI, etc.--from the water.
It is lined with emerald algae and mosses, and shaded with alder, willow, and thorn bushes, which give it a fine setting.
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With some species this may be the case, as with one kind which lives on the green leaves of algae, and is itself bright-green.
Vegetable life existed in the form of algae, in the pools, lichens on oversell rocks and mosses which grew luxuriantly, chiefly in the Adelie penguin rookeries.
As in the asexual reproduction of algae quantitative alteration in the amount of moisture, light, temperature, etc. determines whether this or that form of shoot is produced.