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alga (Alga)

A chiefly aquatic plant that contains chlorophyll, but does not form embryos during development and lacks vascular tissue.

Ontology

SUMO / OBJECTS

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  self connected object  
is subclass of
  corpuscular object  
is subclass of
  organic object  
is subclass of
[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  agent  
is subclass of
is subclass of
  organism  
is subclass of
  plant  
is subclass of
  non flowering plant  
is subclass of
  alga  

Coordinate term(s)

fern  fungus  moss 

Related WordNet synsets

alga, algae
primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
alga is kind of (all)...   alga is kind of...   kinds of alga...   kinds of alga (all)...  
algoid
of or resembling algae
algoid pertains to noun...  
algal
of or relating to alga
algal pertains to noun...  
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Axioms (2)

non flowering plant is disjointly decomposed into alga,fern,fungus,moss. 
(disjointDecomposition NonFloweringPlant Alga Fern Fungus Moss)
If alga is an instance of alga, then there exists water water so that alga lives in water. 
(=>
      (instance ?ALGA Alga)
      (exists
            (?WATER)
            (and
                  (inhabits ?ALGA ?WATER)
                  (instance ?WATER Water))))