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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta
• Syn: ↑Chrysophyta
• Hypernyms: ↑division
• Member Holonyms: ↑Protoctista, ↑kingdom Protoctista
• Member Meronyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.