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chrysophyta

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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta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

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chrysophyta division chrysophyta
Words contain "chrysophyta" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
division heterokontophyta heterokontophyta yellow-green algae chrysophyta

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