Akademik

Charales

noun

small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts

• Syn: ↑order Charales

• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Charophyceae, ↑class Charophyceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Characeae, ↑family Characeae

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\\kəˈrā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Chara + -ales

: an order of algae (division Chorophyta) containing the single family Characeae — see charophyta

Useful english dictionary. 2012.