from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Chrysophyta
n 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Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded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 [syn: {Chrysophyta},
{division Chrysophyta}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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classification systems superseded or subsumed by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.
[WordNet 1.5]