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Chlorophyta

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division chlorophytanoun	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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division chlorophytanoun	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
trebouxiophyceaenoun	—
chlorophytenoun	Any of the green algae that make up the division Chlorophyta
scenedesmus	a genus of green algae, in the class Chlorophyceae.
chlorophyceae	one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology.
green algae	The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta.
charanoun	A green alga of the genus Chara.
charophyceae	a class of charophyte green algae.
green alganoun	Any of very many plant organisms, of the phyla Chlorophyta and Charophyta, that grow in damp places; a chlorophyte.
chlorarachniophytenoun	Any of a group of mixotrophic algae found in tropical oceans.
chlorophyceannoun	Any green alga of the class Chlorophyceae
haptophytenoun	(microbiology) A kind of unicellular marine phytoplankton, typically covered in tiny scales or plates composed of carbohydrates and calcium deposits
cryptophyceae	The cryptophyceae are a class of algae, most of which have plastids.
algaenoun	Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.
pelagophytenoun	Any of several heterokont algae of the class Pelagophyceae.
alganoun	(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
streptophytenoun	(biology) Any of a very large group of organisms, of the division Streptophytina, which includes the green algae and most other plants.
golden algae	The Chrysophyceae, usually called chrysophytes, chrysomonads, golden-brown algae or golden algae, are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater.
cladophora	Description and appearance
chlorella vulgaris	a species of green microalga in the division Chlorophyta.