RHODOPHYTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhodophyta mean? 

• RHODOPHYTA (noun)
  The noun RHODOPHYTA has 1 sense:

1. lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae

  Familiarity information: RHODOPHYTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHODOPHYTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

division Rhodophyta; Rhodophyta

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Rhodophyta"):

class Rhodophyceae; Rhodophyceae (coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae)

red algae (marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan)

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

kingdom Protoctista; Protoctista (in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals)