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CHAROPHYCEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications: contains only the order Charales
Synonyms:
Charophyceae; class Charophyceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Charophyceae" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Charophyceae"):
Charales; order Charales (small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts)
Desmidiaceae; family Desmidiaceae (unicellular algae)
Holonyms ("Charophyceae" is a member of...):
Chlorophyta; division Chlorophyta (large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess 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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