genus chara

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   green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts

   SynonymsChara

   Broaderprotoctist genus

   Part ofCharaceae

Questions about genus chara

What does genus chara mean?

genus chara means "green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts".

What is another word for genus chara?

Close synonyms include Chara. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus chara a common word?

genus chara is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.