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alga

noun
/ˈæl.ɡə/UK

Etymology

From Latin alga.

  1. learned borrowing from alga

Definitions

  1. Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges…

    Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

    • For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at alga. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at alga. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at alga

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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