Etymology

charophyte

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Today it means: Any green alga of the division Charophyta Full definition →

translingual Charophyta
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  1. translingual · derived fromCharophyta
  2. English todaycharophyte

From translingual Charophyta by analogy to chara (“an unknown root”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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