Stonewort

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara that are frequently encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits and have nodes with whorled, filamentlike branches.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various complex algae of the family Characeae, known for being branched and having enclosed egg cells.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See chara.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant of the genus Chara: so called from the calcareous deposits which frequently occur on the stems.
  • n. Sometimes, the stone-parsley, Sison Amomum.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    green algae    chlorophyte   
    Cross Reference
    alga    Charophyta   
    Variant
    chara   
     
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