charan.¹

/ˈkɛːrə/

Etymology: Latin chara name of some unidentified plant. The modern botanical application appears to be due to Vaillant (d. 1722).

Botany.

Name of a genus of aquatic acrogenous plants, type of the family Characeæ, having their axis covered with tubes on which calcareous matter is deposited, and emitting a fetid smell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > stoneworts

chara1753

feather-beds1807

stonewort1816

charophyte1920

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Chara..called by some hippuris.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 201 Aquatic plants, such as charæ, which absorb large quantities of carbonate of lime.

1884 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. Apr. 280 In the transparent depths were suspended great green clouds of chara.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

charan.²

/ˈʃarə/

Etymology: Shortened < char-à-banc n. Compare charry n.

colloquial.

Short for char-à-banc n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hired coach > charabanc

char-à-banc1816

sharry1923

charry1926

chara1928

sharrer1934

1928 F. E. Baily Golden Vanity xv I don't approve of them charas on the Kingswear Road.

1953 Economist 14 Nov. 470/1 A flavour of paper hats and football rattles..clings still about the good old un-English word ‘chara’. But now the charabancs have all turned into coaches.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	chara
释义	charan.¹ /ˈkɛːrə/ Etymology: Latin chara name of some unidentified plant. The modern botanical application appears to be due to Vaillant (d. 1722). Botany. Name of a genus of aquatic acrogenous plants, type of the family Characeæ, having their axis covered with tubes on which calcareous matter is deposited, and emitting a fetid smell. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > stoneworts chara1753 feather-beds1807 stonewort1816 charophyte1920 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Chara..called by some hippuris. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 201 Aquatic plants, such as charæ, which absorb large quantities of carbonate of lime. 1884 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. Apr. 280 In the transparent depths were suspended great green clouds of chara. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). charan.² /ˈʃarə/ Etymology: Shortened < char-à-banc n. Compare charry n. colloquial. Short for char-à-banc n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hired coach > charabanc char-à-banc1816 sharry1923 charry1926 chara1928 sharrer1934 1928 F. E. Baily Golden Vanity xv I don't approve of them charas on the Kingswear Road. 1953 Economist 14 Nov. 470/1 A flavour of paper hats and football rattles..clings still about the good old un-English word ‘chara’. But now the charabancs have all turned into coaches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.¹1753n.²1928
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