chlorophyte means any of the green algae that make up the division Chlorophyta. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Etymology
From chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”).
noun
- Any of the green algae that make up the division Chlorophyta“Also consistent with the notion that chlorophytes require high light was the unprecedented appearance of the desmid Hyalotheca dissiliens that occurred when gypsy moth larvae defoliated the tree canopy overhanging a Rhode Island stream (Sheath et al., 1986).”