Home › Words › C › chrysophytechrysophytechrysophyte means any golden alga of the class Chrysophyceae.EtymologyAncient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + -phyte (“plant”)nounAny golden alga of the class ChrysophyceaeDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chrysophycean 95% match — Any golden alga of the class Chrysophyceae vs chrysophyte →chlorophycean 75% match — Any green alga of the class Chlorophyceae vs chrysophyte →chrysomonad 71% match — Synonym of chrysophyte. vs chrysophyte →charophycean 69% match — Any green alga of the class Charophyceae vs chrysophyte →chlorophyte 68% match — Any of the green algae that make up the division Chlorophyta vs chrysophyte →cryptophycean 68% match — Any cryptomonad of the class Cryptophyceae vs chrysophyte →chroococcoid 67% match — Any blue-green alga of the family Chroococcaceae vs chrysophyte →trebouxiophyte 66% match — Any green alga of the class Trebouxiophyceae vs chrysophyte →