'division Chrysophyta' definitions:

Definition of 'division Chrysophyta'

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and golden- brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta [syn: Chrysophyta, division Chrysophyta]