- class Xanthophyceae
- nounyellow-green algae• Syn: ↑Xanthophyceae• Hypernyms: ↑class• Member Holonyms: ↑Chrysophyta, ↑division Chrysophyta
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class Xanthophyceae
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Xanthophyceae — noun yellow green algae • Syn: ↑class Xanthophyceae • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Chrysophyta, ↑division Chrysophyta * * * ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfīsēˌē noun plural … Useful english dictionary
algae — algal, adj. /al jee/, n.pl., sing. alga / geuh/. any of numerous groups of chlorophyll containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single celled forms to multicellular forms 100 ft. (30 m) or more long, distinguished… … Universalium
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green and golden brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed … Useful english dictionary
division 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green and golden brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed … Useful english dictionary
yellow-green algae — Biol. a group of common single celled and colonial algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having mostly yellow and green pigments, occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or scum on ponds and stagnant waters. Also,… … Universalium
yellow-green alga — noun Date: 1930 any of a class (Xanthophyceae of the division Chrysophyta) of algae with the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment … New Collegiate Dictionary
yellow-green alga — noun Any alga, of the class Xanthophyceae, that have yellow carotenoid pigments as well as chlorophyll … Wiktionary
xanthophyte — noun Any yellow green alga (of the class Xanthophyceae) … Wiktionary
yellow-green algae — [yel′ōgrēn′] pl.n. any of a class (Xanthophyceae) of photosynthetic thallophytes that contain a yellowish or brownish pigment that obscures the chlorophyll and whose motile cells have two unequal flagella: the cell walls may contain silica … English World dictionary
heterocapsales — ˌhed.ə(ˌ)rōˌkapˈsā(ˌ)lēz noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin : an order of yellowish to brownish green algae (class Xanthophyceae) that form amorphous or arborescent palmelloid colonies containing an indefinite number of cells… … Useful english dictionary
