chlorella

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English

Chlorella vulgaris
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Etymology

A use as a common noun of the genus name Chlorella.

Pronunciation

Noun

chlorella (plural chlorellae or chlorellas)

  1. Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.
    • 2002, Paul Pitchford, Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 233:
      Many people use chlorella for a nutrient factor isolated in the 1950s and not available in other green foods: "Chlorella Growth Factor" (CGF). CGF is related to the special nature of chlorella's nucleic acid. The nucleic acid in the human body  ...

References

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of chlōrellus, diminutive in -ellus of chlōrus, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

chlōrella f (genitive chlōrellae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) chlorella

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative chlōrella chlōrellae
genitive chlōrellae chlōrellārum
dative chlōrellae chlōrellīs
accusative chlōrellam chlōrellās
ablative chlōrellā chlōrellīs
vocative chlōrella chlōrellae

Spanish

Noun

chlorella f (plural chlorellas)

  1. chlorella
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