chlorophyte

Synonyms:

green algae

Types:

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laver, sea lettuce

seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

pond scum

free-floating freshwater green algae

spirogyra

freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands

stonewort

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

desmid

freshwater green algae

Type of:

alga, algae

primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves