division_chlorophyta
1. [ noun ] (biology) 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
Synonyms: Chlorophyta
Related terms: division Protoctista green_algae Charophyceae Ulvophyceae Chlorophyceae
Similar spelling:   division_Chrysophyta
  division_Cyanophyta
  division_Schizophyta
  division_Tracheophyta
  division_Bryophyta
  division_Rhodophyta
  division_Phaeophyta
  division_Anthophyta
  division_Pteridophyta
  division_Euglenophyta
  division_Magnoliophyta
  division_Protista
  division_Cynodontia
  division_Myxomycota
  division_Eumycota