Heterochloridales

plural noun

Het·​er·​o·​chlo·​ri·​da·​les

: an order of yellow-green algae including all members of the Xanthophyceae having flagellated vegetative cells

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Heterochlorid-, Heterochloris, genus of algae + -ales

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