Look up: Phaeophyta

1. Phaeophyta
   [n] - coextensive with class Phaeophyceae
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2. Phaeophyta
   (= Pheophyta (USA); brown algae) Division of algae, generally brown in colour, with multicellular, branched thalluses. Includes large seaweeds such as Laminaria and Fucus . The brown colour is due to the xanthophylls, fucoxanthin and lutein. Many have laminarin as a food reserve and alginic acid as a wall component.
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3. Phaeophyta
   <botany> Division of algae, generally brown in colour, with multicellular, branched thalluses. Includes large seaweeds such as Laminaria and Fucus. The brown colour is due to the xanthophylls, fucoxanthin and lutein. Many have laminarin as a food reserve and alginic acid as a wall component. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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4. Phaeophyta
   division Phaeophyta noun coextensive with class Phaeophyceae; in some classifications subsumed in the division Heterokontophyta
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5. Phaeophyta
   Phaeophyta (fēof'utu) , phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista consisting of those organisms commonly called brown algae. Many of the world's familiar seaweeds are members of Phaeophyta. There are approximately 1,500 species. Like the chrysophytes (see Chrysophyta), brown algae derive t...
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