characeae
English Thesaurus
1. green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | protoctist family, |
| definition | : | any of the families of Protoctista (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | stonewort, |
| definition | : | any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | chara, genus chara, |
| definition | : | green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | charales, order charales, |
| definition | : | small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts (noun.animal) |
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