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Webster 1913 Edition
Chara
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Cha′ra
,Noun.
[NL., of uncertain origin.]
(Bot.)
A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.
Definition 2024
Chara
Chara
See also: chara
Translingual
Chara globularis
Proper noun
Chara f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Characeae – the stoneworts and related green algae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Charophyta - superphylum; Charophyta - phylum; Charophyceae - class; Charales - order; Characeae - family; Chareae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species see Chara at World Register of Marine Species
chara
chara
See also: Chara
Latin
Noun
chara f (genitive charae); first declension
- An unknown kind of root
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | chara | charae |
| genitive | charae | charārum |
| dative | charae | charīs |
| accusative | charam | charās |
| ablative | charā | charīs |
| vocative | chara | charae |
References
- chara in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “chara”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχara/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχɑːra/
Verb
chara
- Aspirate mutation of cara.