dinophyte
Noun
Meaning
dinophyte (plural dinophytes)
(biology) dinoflagellate
Examples
Lepidodinium is the only dinophyte that has a chloroplast that's not from the rhodoplast lineage.
The peridinin chloroplast is thought to be the dinophytes' "original" chloroplast, which has been lost, reduced, replaced, or has company in several other dinophyte lineages.