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Chlorophyte

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the green algae that make up the division Chlorophyta

    "Also consistent with the notion that chlorophytes require high light was the unprecedented appearance of the desmid Hyalotheca dissiliens that occurred when gypsy moth larvae defoliated the tree canopy overhanging a Rhode Island stream (Sheath et al., 1986)."

  2. 2
    algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water wordnet

Etymology

From chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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