Chrysophyta

n.

1.

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algae and diatoms, including the Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta.

Noun

1.

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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta Synonyms: division Chrysophyta

Bacillariophyceae, Chrysophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, class Chrysophyceae, class Diatomophyceae, class Heterokontae, class Xanthophyceae, Diatomophyceae, division, division Chrysophyta, golden algae, Heterokontae, Heterotrichales, kingdom Protoctista, order Heterotrichales, Protoctista, Xanthophyceae, yellow-green algae