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CHAROPHYCEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In some classifications: contains only the order Charales

Synonyms:

Charophyceae; class Charophyceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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