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Definition of Family Characeae
1. Noun. Green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts.
Exact synonyms: Characeae
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Family
Group relationships: Charales, Order Charales
Member holonyms: Stonewort, Chara, Genus Chara, Genus Nitella, Nitella
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Family
Group relationships: Charales, Order Charales
Member holonyms: Stonewort, Chara, Genus Chara, Genus Nitella, Nitella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Characeae
Literary usage of Family Characeae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"On piles and sunken timber, salt ¡tiid brackish witter. Mobile Bay. Ulva enteromorpha
Le Jolis. Mobile Bay, with the last. Class CHARALES.1 Family CHARACEAE ..."
2. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Family, Characeae. Stoneworts. The stoneworts are algae which are found growing
in the bottom of ponds, lakes, or slowly flowing creeks and rivers. ..."
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