1. Noun
Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara.
2. 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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