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CHARALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts

Synonyms:

Charales; order Charales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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