chlorella

See also: Chlorella

English
Chlorella vulgaris

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛlə

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

Noun

chlōrella f (genitive chlōrellae); first declension

  1. chlorella

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case 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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