CYANOPHYTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyanophyta mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYANOPHYTA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cyanophyta; division Cyanophyta

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)