chrysophyta
NounSynonyms:
division Chrysophyta
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Noun (1)
- mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by HeterokontophytaSynonyms: division ChrysophytaType of divisionMember of Protoctista, kingdom ProtoctistaMembers golden algae, Chrysophyceae, Heterotrichales, Bacillariophyceae, yellow-green algae, Xanthophyceae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Chrysophyta noun
a division of mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms, including the Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta. Syn. — division Chrysophyta.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5