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charophyte

[ kar-uh-fahyt ]

noun

  1. any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of charophyte1

< New Latin Charophyta, equivalent to Char ( a ) a genus of stoneworts ( Latin: a plant of uncertain identity found in Epirus) + -o- -o- + Greek phŷta, plural of phŷton -phyte

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