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GENUS CHARA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chara mean?
• GENUS CHARA (noun)
The noun GENUS CHARA has 1 sense:
1. green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts
Familiarity information: GENUS CHARA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chara; genus Chara
Hypernyms ("genus Chara" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Holonyms ("genus Chara" is a member of...):
Characeae; family Characeae (green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts)
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