Definition of Phaeophyta

1. Noun. Coextensive with class Phaeophyceae; in some classifications subsumed in the division Heterokontophyta.

Exact synonyms: Division Phaeophyta
Member holonyms: Class Phaeophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Class Cyclosporeae, Cyclosporeae
Generic synonyms: Division

Medical Definition of Phaeophyta

1. Division of algae, generally brown in colour, with multicellular, branched thalluses. Includes large seaweeds such as Laminaria and Fucus. The brown colour is due to the xanthophylls, fucoxanthin and lutein. Many have laminarin as a food reserve and alginic acid as a wall component. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phaeophyta

phacops
phacoscope
phaeic
phaeism
phaeisms
Phaenicia sericata
phaenogam
phaenogamia
phaenogamous
phaeochromocytoma
phaeochromocytoma
phaeohyphomycosis
phaeomycotic cyst
Phaeophyceae
Phaeophyta
Phaeophyta
phaeospore
phaethon
Phaethon
Phaethontidae
phaeton
phaeton
phaetons
phage
phage
phagedena
phagedena
phagedenas
phagedena tropica
phagedenic

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