1. prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae); [syn: Cyanophyta, division Cyanophyta]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
division Cyanophyta
n 1: prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or
phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae:
cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) [syn: Cyanophyta,
division Cyanophyta]