Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, a large genus of green algæ, including a large part of the Chlorosporœ.
  • noun In zoology: A genus of coleopterous insects.
  • noun A genus of mollusks.

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Examples

  • Uppsala researcher Maria Stromme and her team has found that the smelly algae species that clumps on beaches, known as cladophora, can also be used to make a type of cellulose that has 100 times the surface area of cellulose found in paper.

    Slashdot: Science 2009

  • Uppsala researcher Maria Stromme and her team has found that the smelly algae species that clumps on beaches, known as cladophora, can also be used to make a type of cellulose that has 100 times the surface area of cellulose found in paper.

    Slashdot: Hardware 2009

  • Phosphorus is a nutrient that helps the growth of plants, but nuisance blooms of blue-green algae on inland lakes and large mats of cladophora on the Lake Michigan shoreline are the result of excessive amounts of phosphorus in waterways, state environmental officials said in proposing the new limits.

    JSOnline.com JSOnline.com 2010

  • Phosphorus is a nutrient that helps the growth of plants, but nuisance blooms of blue-green algae on inland lakes and large mats of cladophora on the Lake Michigan shoreline are the result of excessive amounts of phosphorus in waterways, state environmental officials said in proposing the new limits.

    JSOnline.com JSOnline.com 2010

  • The damage caused by the zebra has spawned the growth of cladophora, a foul-smelling algae that spoils beaches.

    The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Latest Headlines 2009

  • The damage caused by the zebra has spawned the growth of cladophora, a foul-smelling algae that spoils beaches.

    The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Latest Headlines 2009

  • The damage caused by the zebra has spawned the growth of cladophora, a foul-smelling algae that spoils beaches.

    The Fond du Lac Reporter Latest Headlines 2009

  • Nuisance infestations of cladophora (a green alga) ... coincident with the occurrence of zebra mussels ... occur in Lake Michigan and Lake Erie.

    Freep.com - RSS 2009

  • The damage caused by the zebra has spawned the growth of cladophora, a foul-smelling algae that spoils beaches.

    The Oshkosh Northwestern Latest Headlines 2009

  • The damage caused by the zebra has spawned the growth of cladophora, a foul-smelling algae that spoils beaches.

    The Oshkosh Northwestern Latest Headlines 2009

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