division Chrysophyta

n : 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 some

classification systems superseded or subsumed by

Heterokontophyta [syn: {Chrysophyta}, {division

Chrysophyta}]