noun
prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
• Syn: ↑division Cyanophyta
• Hypernyms: ↑division
• Member Holonyms: ↑division Eubacteria
• Member Meronyms: ↑class Cyanobacteria, ↑Cyanophyceae, ↑class Cyanophyceae
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\\ˌsīəˈnäfəd.ə\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a division or other category of lower plants coextensive with the class Myxophyceae
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/suy'euh nof"i teuh/, n. Biol.
a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
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Cyanophyta /sī-ən-ō-fīˈtə/
plural noun
The blue-green algae, a division of bacteria, growing in water and on damp earth, rocks or bark
ORIGIN: See ↑cyan
Useful english dictionary. 2012.