Rhodophyceae

plural noun

Rho·​do·​phy·​ce·​ae

ˌrōdəˈfīsēˌē

: a class of chiefly marine multicellular algae (division Rhodophyta) comprising algae in which red phycoerythrin and sometimes blue phycocyanin mask the chlorophyll, in which no motile form or stage exists, and in which there is a well-marked and often complex alternation of generations compare red alga

rhodophyceous

¦⸗⸗¦fīsēəs

-¦fis-

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from rhod- + -phyceae

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