Relating to or belonging to the Chlorellaceae family of green algae.
From Chlorellaceae + -ous (Latin suffix meaning 'having the nature of'). Standard scientific adjective formation used in biology and taxonomy.
Scientific adjectives like 'chlorellaceous' pack a lot of information into one word—it tells you the organism belongs to a specific family, its evolutionary relationships, and its characteristics all at once.
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