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GENUS CHLORELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nonmotile unicellular green algae potentially important as source of high-grade protein and B-complex vitamins
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Chlorella" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Chlorella"):
chlorella (any alga of the genus Chlorella)
Holonyms ("genus Chlorella" is a member of...):
Chlorococcales; order Chlorococcales (unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores)