Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista;
includes: Protozoa;
Euglenophyta;
Chlorophyta;
Cryptophyta;
Heterokontophyta;
Rhodophyta;
unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals;
[syn: Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Protoctista
n 1: in most modern classifications, replacement for the
Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta;
Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular
protists and their descendant multicellular organisms:
regarded as distinct from plants and animals [syn:
Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista]