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CHARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chara mean? 

CHARA (noun)
  The noun CHARA has 1 sense:

1. green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districtsplay

  Familiarity information: CHARA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHARA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chara; genus Chara

Hypernyms ("Chara" is a kind of...):

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Holonyms ("Chara" is a member of...):

Characeae; family Characeae (green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts)


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