chrysophyta

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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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	division,
definition	:	(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category (noun.group)

member holonym	:	golden algae,
definition	:	algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	yellow-green algae,
definition	:	any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	chrysophyceae, class chrysophyceae, class heterokontae, heterokontae,
definition	:	all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	class xanthophyceae, xanthophyceae,
definition	:	yellow-green algae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	bacillariophyceae, class bacillariophyceae, class diatomophyceae, diatomophyceae,
definition	:	marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	heterotrichales, order heterotrichales,
definition	:	yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	kingdom protoctista, protoctista,
definition	:	in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals (noun.animal)

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