'Chrysophyta' definitions:
Definition of 'Chrysophyta'
From: WordNet
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and golden- brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta [syn: Chrysophyta, division Chrysophyta]
Definition of 'Chrysophyta'
From: GCIDE
- Chrysophyta \Chrysophyta\ n. 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algae and diatoms, including the Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta.
- Syn: division Chrysophyta. [WordNet 1.5]