Definition of "chlorophyte" [chlorophyte]

• Any green alga (of the division Chlorophyta) (noun)

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• "The Omnipod chirped, This could be a species of chlorophyte plant known commonly as a Volvox."
• "Many features of chlamydomonas sex are believed to have evolved early in the chlorophyte lineage."
• "We also found 38 genes for the bryophyte P. patens and only one gene in the multicellular chlorophyte alga"