cyanophyte

1. 1.

   relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria

   Synonymscyanobacterial

Questions about cyanophyte

What does cyanophyte mean?

cyanophyte means "relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria".

How many syllables are in cyanophyte?

cyanophyte has 3 syllables: cya-no-phyte. The stress falls on "cya".

What is another word for cyanophyte?

Close synonyms include cyanobacterial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cyanophyte a common word?

cyanophyte is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.