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xanthophycean

xanthophycean adjective: relating to Xanthophyceae.

Adjective

xanthophycean (not comparable)

  1. Relating to Xanthophyceae

Questions about xanthophycean

What does xanthophycean mean?
Xanthophycean means relating to Xanthophyceae.
What part of speech is xanthophycean?
Xanthophycean is an adjective.

Words near xanthophycean in the dictionary

  1. xanthophiles
  2. xanthophils
  3. xanthophobia
  4. xanthophore
  5. xanthophores
  6. xanthophycean
  7. xanthophyl
  8. xanthophyll
  9. xanthophyllic
  10. xanthophyllite
  11. xanthophyllites

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