division 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Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded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}]