stonewort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits

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

Webster 1913