| NOUN | animal | chlorophyte, green algae | algae that are clear green in color |
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| Meaning | algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water. | |
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| Synonym | green algae | |
| Member of | Chlorophyta, division Chlorophyta | large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll ... / chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls |
| Narrower | desmid | Freshwater green algae |
| pond scum | Free-floating freshwater green algae | |
| sea lettuce, laver | seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds | |
| spirogyra | Freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands | |
| stonewort | Any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches | |
| Broader | alga, algae | Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves |
| Spanish | algas verdes, chlorophyte, clorofitas | |
| Catalan | alga verda, cloròfit | |
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