phaeophyta

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1. coextensive with class Phaeophyceae; in some classifications subsumed in the division Heterokontophyta (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	class phaeophyceae, phaeophyceae,
definition	:	brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	class cyclosporeae, cyclosporeae,
definition	:	in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales (noun.animal)