GOLDEN ALGAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does golden algae mean? 

• GOLDEN ALGAE (noun)
  The noun GOLDEN ALGAE has 1 sense:

1. algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll

  Familiarity information: GOLDEN ALGAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLDEN ALGAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta)