Algae vs. Moss

Algaenoun

plural of alga.

Algaenoun

primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

Algae

Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades.

Mossnoun

Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).

Mossnoun

(countable) A kind or species of such plants.

Mossnoun

(informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.

Mossnoun

A bog; a fen.

Mossverb

(intransitive) To become covered with moss.

Mossverb

(transitive) To cover (something) with moss.

Mossnoun

A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.

Mossnoun

A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border.

Mossverb

To cover or overgrow with moss.

Mossnoun

tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

Mossnoun

a small flowerless green plant which lacks true roots, growing in low carpets or rounded cushions in damp habitats and reproducing by means of spores released from stalked capsules

Mossnoun

used in names of algae, lichens, and higher plants resembling moss, e.g. reindeer moss, Ceylon moss, Spanish moss.

Mossnoun

a green colour like that of moss.

Mossnoun

a bog, especially a peat bog.

Mossverb

cover with moss

Moss

Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) sensu stricto. However, Bryophyta (sensu lato, Schimp.