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n. - Any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches.

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  • With regard to suitable plants for comparatively deep water in ponds or lakes, lakewort and stonewort grow on the bottom, and do not, as a rule, attain any considerable...
  • The isopods colonized the stonewort from a source habitat consisting of reed.
  • Linear regression between endurance and speed for individuals from the reed and the stonewort.
  • These size classes were above or below .95 cm for the reed ecotypes, and above or bellow .75 cm for the stonewort ecotype.
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