torula

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tôr′yə lə, -ə lə, tôr′-)


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tor•u•la  (tôr′yə lə, -ə lə, tôr′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit. Also called tor′ula yeast′.
  • Neo-Latin Torula (1796) a fungus genus, equivalent. to Latin tor(us) torus + -ula -ule

'torula' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
torulosis

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