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Definition of Stonewort

Stonewort
Stonewort Stone"wort`, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara.

Meaning of Stonewort from wikipedia

- algae in the division Charophyta, class Charophyceae, commonly known as stoneworts. Depending on the treatment of the genus Nitellopsis, living (extant)...
- Nitella flexilis, the smooth stonewort, is a freshwater species of characean algae that is used as a model organism for its large cell size and relative...
- Chara hispida, the bristly stonewort, is a green alga species in the genus Chara. With 30 to 200 cm height and a stem diameter of 2–3 mm Chara hispida...
- Chara vulgaris, the common stonewort, is a green alga species in the genus Chara. Chara vulgaris has spikes between its bark cells in contrast to the...
- is a large freshwater alga. It is also known by the common name starry stonewort. This alga grows to a length of over 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in), is bright...
- the green algae, and land plants that emerged within them, including stoneworts. The relationships between plant groups are still being worked out, and...
- (formerly called a nucule, a term otherwise referring to the oogonium of stoneworts). In botany, the term "nutlet" can be used to describe a pyrena or pyrene...
- covered with calcium carbonate (CaCO3) deposits and are commonly known as stoneworts. Cyanobacteria have been found growing as epiphytes on the surfaces of...
- species that can be found in this state are American ginseng, starry stonewort, waterthyme, water chestnut, eastern poison ivy, poison sumac, giant hogweed...
- confirmed the existence of another invasive species--starry stonewort. The discovery of starry stonewort was the first confirmed case of the species in Minnesota...