spirulina
See also: Spirulina
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Etymology edit
From genus name Spirulina
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Noun edit
spirulina (uncountable)
- A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.
- 1980, Christopher B. Hills, The Secrets of Spirulina: Medical Discoveries of Japanese Doctors, Nicholson:
- 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 […]
- 1982 February, Paavo Airola, “Plant Sources of Vitamin B12”, in Vegetarian Times, →ISSN, page 88:
- 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, […]
Translations edit
food supplement
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Further reading edit
- spirulina (dietary supplement) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian edit
Noun edit
spirulina f (plural spiruline)
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Noun edit
spirulina f (plural spirulinas)
- spirulina