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CHARACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts
Synonyms:
Characeae; family Characeae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Characeae" is a kind of...):
protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "Characeae"):
stonewort (any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits)
Chara; genus Chara (green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts)
genus Nitella; Nitella (fragile branching stoneworts)
Holonyms ("Characeae" is a member of...):
Charales; order Charales (small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts)
