stonewort

English

Etymology

From stone +‎ wort.

Noun

stonewort (plural stoneworts)

1. Any of various complex algae of the family Characeae, known for being branched and having enclosed egg cells.

See also

• alga
• Charophyta

References

• stonewort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Characeae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “stonewort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “stonewort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.