Hypernym

noun

(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

Member_meronym

Protoctista 1

noun

in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals

golden algae 1

noun

algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll

yellow-green algae 1

noun

any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment

Chrysophyceae 1

noun

all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length

Xanthophyceae 1

noun

yellow-green algae

Chrysophyta 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta

Member_holonym

Protoctista 1

noun

golden algae 1

noun

algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll

yellow-green algae 1

noun

any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment

Chrysophyceae 1

noun

all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length

Xanthophyceae 1

noun

yellow-green algae