Meaning of DIVISION CHLOROPHYTA
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| Definition: | | [n] large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants |
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| Synonyms: | | Chlorophyta |
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| See Also: | | Charophyceae, Chlorophyceae, chlorophyte, class Charophyceae, class Chlorophyceae, class Ulvophyceae, division, green algae, kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista, Ulvophyceae | |
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