Cyanophyta

[sahy-uh-nof-i-tuh]

noun Biology.

a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.

Origin of Cyanophyta

< New Latin; < Greek kýano(s) dark blue (see cyano-¹) + phytá, plural of phytón -phyte

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