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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta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

Type of: division

Part of: kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista

Encyclopedia: Chrysophyta

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Chrysolophus pictus
chrysomelid
Chrysomelidae
Chrysophrys
Chrysophrys auratus
Chrysophrys australis
Chrysophyceae
Chrysophyllum
Chrysophyllum cainito
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Chrysophyta
chrysopid
Chrysopidae
chrysoprase
Chrysopsis
Chrysopsis mariana
Chrysopsis villosa
Chrysosplenium
Chrysosplenium americanum
Chrysothamnus
Chrysothamnus nauseosus