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Definition of Stonewort
1. Noun. Any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits.
Definition of Stonewort
1. n. Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara.
Definition of Stonewort
1. Noun. Any of various complex algae of the family Characeae, known for being branched and having enclosed egg cells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stonewort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stonewort
Literary usage of Stonewort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Survey of Michigan by Michigan Geological Survey (1900)
"Relative importance of Chara (stonewort). Not all aquatic plants in the same lake
seem equally active in the precipitation of mineral matter. ..."
2. Introduction to Elementary Practical Biology: A Laboratory Guide for High by Charles Wright Dodge (1894)
"... stonewort (Chara Sp.) Material.—Species of Chara are to be found growing in
tangled masses in the bottoms of ponds, ditches, and slow-flowing streams. ..."
3. A Laboratory Manual in Elementary Biology: An Inductive Study in Animal and by Emanuel Roth Boyer (1894)
"A STUDY OF A stonewort. CHAR A PR AG ILIS* As an example of a highly organized alga.
... stonewort."
4. Studies of Plant Life: A Series of Exercises for the Study of Plants by Herman Silas Pepoon, Walter Reynolds Mitchell, Frederick Baldwin Maxwell (1900)
"A stonewort. Chara. A. Vegetative Stage. 1. With m. observe that the primary or
main axis of the plant body consists of joints (nodes) and of segments ..."
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