characeae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Characeae*:
NOUN	animal	Characeae, family Characeae	green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns

English > *Characeae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts.
Synonym	family Characeae
Member of	Charales, order Charales	small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis
Members	Chara, genus Chara	green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts
	Nitella, genus Nitella	Fragile branching stoneworts
	stonewort	Any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches
Broader	protoctist family	Any of the families of Protoctista
Spanish	caráceas, Characeae, familia Characeae
Catalan	caràcies

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