/kar"euh fuyt'/ , n.
any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
[ Charophyta, equiv. to Char ( a ) a genus of stoneworts (L: a plant of uncert. identity found in Epirus) + -o- -O- + Gk phyta, pl. of PHYTON -PHYTE ]