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tor⋅u⋅la

[tawr-yuh-luh, -uh-luh, tawr-]
–noun
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
Also called torula yeast.


Origin:
< NL Torula (1796) a fungus genus, equiv. to L tor(us) torus + -ula -ule
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tor·u·la   (tôr'yə-lə, -ə-lə, tŏr'-)   
n.   pl. tor·u·lae (-lē', -lī') or tor·u·las
Any of a group of fungi similar to the yeasts but lacking asci, many of which ferment sugars and are commonly found in dairy products. Also called torula yeast.

[New Latin Torula, fungus genus, feminine diminutive of torus, bulge.]
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Main Entry: tor·u·la
Pronunciation: 'tor-y&-l&, 'tär-
Function: noun
1 plural tor·u·lae /-"lE,-"lI/ also tor·u·las a : any of various yeasts or fungi resembling yeasts that lack sexual spores, do not produce alcoholic fermentations, and aretypically acid formers b : CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
2 capitalized a : agenus of usually dark colored chiefly saprophytic imperfect fungi (family Dematiaceae) b in some classifications : a genus of yeasts including pathogens (as T.histolytica syn. Cryptococcus neoformans that causes cryptococcosis) usually placed in the genus Cryptococcus
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