Prochlorophyte

//pɹəʊˈklɒɹəfʌɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    a bright green cyanobacterium of the class Prochlorophyta, distinguished by the presence of both chlorophyll a and b and the lack of phycobilins (and so resembling the chloroplasts of higher plants)

Etymology

From pro- (“earlier, prior”) + chlorophyte, from chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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