Definition of chlorophyta Chlorophyta

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What does chlorophyta mean?

Noun
chlorophyta - 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
		division Chlorophyta
		division the act or process of dividing
		kingdom protoctista, protoctista in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
		chlorophyceae, class chlorophyceae algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments
		chlorophyte, green algae algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
		class ulvophyceae, ulvophyceae alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications