CHARALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Charales mean? 

• CHARALES (noun)
  The noun CHARALES has 1 sense:

1. small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Charales; order Charales

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

protoctist order (the order of protoctists)

Meronyms (members of "Charales"):

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

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

Charophyceae; class Charophyceae (in some classifications: contains only the order Charales)