noun
simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae
• Syn: ↑order oedogoniales
• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Chlorophyceae, ↑class Chlorophyceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑Oedogoniaceae, ↑family Oedogoniaceae
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: an order of simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae (class Chlorophyceae) with zoospores having many flagella and oogamous reproduction
Useful english dictionary. 2012.