Definition of chlorophyte Chlorophyte

We found 3 definitions of chlorophyte from 3 different sources.

What does chlorophyte mean?

Noun
chlorophyte - algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
		green algae
		alga, algae primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
		chlorophyta, division 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
		sea lettuce, laver seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
		pond scum free-floating freshwater green algae
		spirogyra freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands
		stonewort any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits