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Stonewort

Stonewort Meaning & Definition
Stonewort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stonewort?

[n] any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits

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See Also | Characeae | chlorophyte | family Characeae | green algae

Stonewort In Webster's Dictionary

\Stone"wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See {Chara}.

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