red algae

1. Marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment;
   Source of agar and carrageenan (synset 101416583)
   is a type of: alga, algae - primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
   subtypes:

   • sea moss - any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)
   • carageen, carrageen, carragheen, chondrus crispus, irish moss - dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
   • dulse, rhodymenia palmata - coarse edible red seaweed
   • laver, red laver - edible red seaweeds
   belongs to: division rhodophyta, rhodophyta - lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae
   has: carpospore - a nonmotile spore of red algae

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