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    CYANOPHYTA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)play

    Synonyms:

    Cyanophyta; division Cyanophyta

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Cyanophyta" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "Cyanophyta"):

    class Cyanobacteria; class Cyanophyceae; Cyanophyceae (photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae)

    Holonyms ("Cyanophyta" is a member of...):

    division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)

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