See Also: charophyte(dictionary)

charophyte (iou)



charophyte noun. E20.
[mod. Latin Charophyta former name of the Characeae, from CHARA noun1: see -O-, -PHYTE.]
A member of the Characeae, a group of macroscopic mainly freshwater algae marked by whorls of short branches arising from a main axis, often partly encrusted with calcium carbonate; a stonewort.
charophytic adjective E20.