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CHLOROPHYTA

Definition:

[noun] 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: Chlorophyta, division Chlorophyta