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charophyte

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char⋅o⋅phyte

  [kar-uh-fahyt]
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–noun
any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
Origin:
< NL Charophyta, equiv. to Char(a) a genus of stoneworts (L: a plant of uncert. identity found in Epirus) + -o- -o- + Gk phŷta, pl. of phŷton -phyte
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