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CLASS XANTHOPHYCEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
class Xanthophyceae; Xanthophyceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("class Xanthophyceae" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Holonyms ("class Xanthophyceae" is a member of...):
Chrysophyta; division Chrysophyta (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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta)