STONEWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stonewort mean? 

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

1. any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STONEWORT (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits

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Nouns denoting animals

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

chlorophyte; green algae (algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water)

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

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