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chlorella

chlorella noun: any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.

chlorella: any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now...
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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.
    • 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 ...2002, Paul Pitchford, Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 233

chlorella meaning in Tamil and Kannada

chlorella in Tamil

குளோரெல்லா

chlorella in Kannada

ಕ್ಲೋರೆಲ್ಲ

Forms of chlorella

pluralchlorellae
pluralchlorellas

Origin of chlorella

A use as a common noun of the genus name taxonomic name Chlorella, from New Latin chlorella, from chlōrus + -ella (“diminutive”), from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”).

Words that rhyme with chlorella

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Questions about chlorella

What does chlorella mean?
Chlorella means any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.
What is chlorella in Tamil?
Chlorella in Tamil is குளோரெல்லா. See Chlorella meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chlorella?
Chlorella is a noun.
What is the plural of chlorella?
The plural of chlorella is chlorellae.

Words near chlorella in the dictionary

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  6. chlorella
  7. chlorellaceous
  8. chlorellae
  9. chlorellas
  10. chlorellestadite
  11. chloremia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chlorella (page history and authors); chlorella (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chlorella (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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