English > Chlorophyta: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll ... / chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants. |
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Synonym | division Chlorophyta |
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Member of | Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista | In most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista |
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Members | Charophyceae, class Charophyceae | In some classifications |
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Chlorophyceae, class Chlorophyceae | algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments |
Ulvophyceae, class Ulvophyceae | Alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications |
green algae, chlorophyte | algae that are clear green in color |
Broader | division | (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger / larger category |
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Spanish | clorófitos |
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Catalan | cloròfits |
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