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Webster 1913 Edition


Torula

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Tor′u-la

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Noun.
;
pl.
Torulae
[NL., dim. of L.
torus
a semicircular molding.]
(Biol.)
(a)
A chain of special bacteria.
(b)
A genus of budding fungi. Same as
Saccharomyces
. Also used adjectively.