Chrysophyta
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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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta
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Chrysophyta \Chrysophyta\ n.
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classification systems superseded or subsumed by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.
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