English Explanatory Dictionary

conferva

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema

Pronunciation

/kənˈfɜːvə/

Word forms

conferva confervas confervae confervæ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.

Derived words

confervoid confervous
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