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    CHLOROPHYTA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 plantsplay

    Synonyms:

    Chlorophyta; division Chlorophyta

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Chlorophyta" is a kind of...):

    division ((biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category)

    Meronyms (members of "Chlorophyta"):

    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)

    chlorophyte; green algae (algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water)

    class Ulvophyceae; Ulvophyceae (alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications)

    Charophyceae; class Charophyceae (in some classifications: contains only the order Charales)

    Holonyms ("Chlorophyta" is a member of...):

    kingdom Protoctista; Protoctista (in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals)

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