Chrysophyta

Chrysophyta
noun
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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta
• Hypernyms: ↑division
• Member Holonyms: ↑Protoctista, ↑kingdom Protoctista
• Member Meronyms:

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\\krə̇ˈsäfəd.ə\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from chrys- + -phyta
: a division or other category of lower plants that comprises algae with pigments localized in yellowish green to golden brown chromatophores and usually with a cell wall made up of overlapping halves and that includes the classes Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, and Bacillariophyceae

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