| NOUN | animal | division Chlorophyta, Chlorophyta | large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll ... / chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls |
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| Meaning | 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 | Chlorophyta | |
| Member of | Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista | In most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista |
| Members | Charophyceae, class Charophyceae | In some classifications |
| 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 |
| Spanish | clorófitos | |
| Catalan | cloròfits | |
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