Cyanophyceae

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Myxophyceae \Myxophyceae\ prop. n. (Biol.)
     A former term for the natural family {{Cyanophyceae}}.
  
     Syn: family {Myxophyceae}, Schizophyceae, family
          {Schizophyceae}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Cyanophyceae
       n : photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water,
           having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be
           algae: blue-green algae [syn: {class Cyanobacteria}, {class
           Cyanophyceae}]