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CHARALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts
Synonyms:
Charales; order Charales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Charales" is a kind of...):
protoctist order (the order of protoctists)
Meronyms (members of "Charales"):
Characeae; family Characeae (green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts)
Holonyms ("Charales" is a member of...):
Charophyceae; class Charophyceae (in some classifications: contains only the order Charales)