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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Knorpeltang

Pronunciation / Transliteration: knɔʁpəlˌtaŋ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Chondrus/ˈkɒndrəs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #85000 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Chondrus ist eine Gattung von Rotalgen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A genus of marine red algae containing economically important carrageenan-producing species such as Irish moss.

    "Chondrus crispus is commonly harvested along the rocky shores of the North Atlantic for its gelling properties."
  2. 2

    A combining form used in biological terminology relating to cartilage.

    "In medical nomenclature, the prefix chondr- refers directly to cartilaginous tissue."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Ancient Greek word khondros, meaning cartilage, grain, or lump. The term was adopted into modern scientific Latin in the 19th century to classify a genus of red algae that resembles cartilaginous structures.

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