SCHIZOPHYTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Schizophyta mean? 

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

1. former term for the Cyanophyta

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHIZOPHYTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Former term for the Cyanophyta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

division Schizophyta; Schizophyta

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Schizophyta"):

class Schizomycetes; Schizomycetes (a former classification)

family Myxophyceae; family Schizophyceae; Myxophyceae; Schizophyceae (former terms for Cyanophyceae)

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

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