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GOLDEN ALGAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("golden algae" is a kind of...):
alga; algae (primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves)
Holonyms ("golden algae" 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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta)