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Definition of Chrysophyta
1. 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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta.
Group relationships: Kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista
Member holonyms: Golden Algae, Yellow-green Algae, Chrysophyceae, Class Chrysophyceae, Class Heterokontae, Heterokontae, Class Xanthophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Class Bacillariophyceae, Class Diatomophyceae, Diatomophyceae, Heterotrichales, Order Heterotrichales
Generic synonyms: Division
Medical Definition of Chrysophyta
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysophyta
Literary usage of Chrysophyta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"Embrey and Dion (1988) reported population numbers for organisms belonging to
the Chlorophyta, chrysophyta, Cyanophyta, Cryptophyta, Euglenophyta, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"It occurs as an accessory pigment in the diatoms and some other chrysophyta, in
the dinoflagellates (Pyrrhophyta), and in the brown algae (Phaeophyta). ..."
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