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algaecide

algaecide is the alternative spelling of algicide.

Meaning of algicide

Noun

algicide (countable and uncountable, plural algicides)

  1. A substance that kills, or inhibits the growth of, algae.
    • I add algicide to my aquarium to eliminate the green scum of algae that forms on the glass.

Forms of algaecide

pluralalgaecides

Questions about algaecide

What is algaecide the alternative spelling of?
Algaecide is the alternative spelling of algicide.

Words near algaecide in the dictionary

  1. algacidal
  2. algaculture
  3. algacultures
  4. algae
  5. algaecidal
  6. algaecide
  7. algaecides
  8. algaed
  9. algaeological
  10. algaeologist
  11. algaeologists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: algaecide (page history and authors); algicide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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