Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various green algae traditionally classified in the division Chlorophyta.
- noun Any of various green algae placed in a newly defined division Chlorophyta, containing a smaller number of families, including organisms such as volvox and sea lettuce but not spirogyra, the desmids, or the stoneworts.
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- noun Any
green alga (of the divisionChlorophyta )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Chlorophyta, division name : chloro– + –phyte.]
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Examples
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The Omnipod chirped, This could be a species of chlorophyte plant known commonly as a Volvox.
The Search For WondLa Tony DiTerlizzi 2010
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Many features of chlamydomonas sex are believed to have evolved early in the chlorophyte lineage.
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We also found 38 genes for the bryophyte P. patens and only one gene in the multicellular chlorophyte alga
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Elisson A. C. Romanel et al. 2009
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