Chlorophyta

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Chlorophyta
       n : 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
           [syn: {division Chlorophyta}]