noun
green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts
• Syn: ↑Characeae
• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Charales, ↑order Charales
• Member Meronyms: ↑stonewort, ↑Chara, ↑genus Chara, ↑Nitella, ↑genus Nitella
Useful english dictionary. 2012.