SPIRULINA


Meaning of SPIRULINA in English

[ ˌspɪrʊ'lʌɪnə , ˌspʌɪrʊ- ]

■ noun a filamentous cyanobacterium of a genus typically forming tangled masses in warm alkaline lakes. [Genus Spirulina .]

Origin

mod. L., from spirula 'small spiral (shell)'.

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