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    DIVISION RHODOPHYTA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algaeplay

    Synonyms:

    division Rhodophyta; Rhodophyta

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "division 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 ("division 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)

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