Hypernym

noun

primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

Member_meronym

Chlorophyta 1

noun

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

green algae 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water

Synonyms

chlorophyte 1
algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water

Hyponym

sea lettuce 1

noun

seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

pond scum 1

noun

free-floating freshwater green algae

spirogyra 1

noun

freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands

stonewort 1

noun

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

desmid 1

noun

freshwater green algae

Member_holonym

Chlorophyta 1

noun