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spirulina

/ˌspɪɹəˈliːnə/

spirulina noun: a food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.

spirulina: a food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes
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Noun

spirulina (uncountable)

  1. A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.
    • Another interesting factor in Spirulina is its effect upon appetite. Either it is so concentrated that the body signals a satisfaction feeling from the digestive tract where Spirulina has a remarkable 85% digestibility […]1980, Christopher B. Hills, The Secrets of Spirulina: Medical Discoveries of Japanese Doctors, Nicholson
    • Research by the meat and dairy industries has been slanted. New discoveries show that B12 can be found in numerous non-meat sources, such as olives, mushrooms, bananas, spirulina, bee pollen, concord grapes, […]1982 February, Paavo Airola, “Plant Sources of Vitamin B12”, in Vegetarian Times, →ISSN, page 88

Origin of spirulina

From the genus name Spirulina.

Words that rhyme with spirulina

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Questions about spirulina

What does spirulina mean?
Spirulina means a food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.
What part of speech is spirulina?
Spirulina is a noun.
How do you pronounce spirulina?
Spirulina is pronounced /ˌspɪɹəˈliːnə/.

Words near spirulina in the dictionary

  1. spirula
  2. spirulas
  3. spirulate
  4. spirulid
  5. spirulids
  6. spirulina
  7. spirulirostrid
  8. spirulirostrids
  9. spirurian
  10. spirurid
  11. spirurids

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