Chlorophyta

Noun

1.

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 Synonyms: division Chlorophyta

Charophyceae, Chlorophyceae, chlorophyte, class Charophyceae, class Chlorophyceae, class Ulvophyceae, division, division Chlorophyta, green algae, kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista, Ulvophyceae