| Pronunciation: | | kân'furvu
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| Matching Terms: | | confervaceous, confervoid, confervoid algae, confervous
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water |
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| | See Also: | | genus Conferva, genus Tribonema, Tribonema, yellow-green algae |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*fer"va\, n.; pl. {Conferv[ae]}. [L., a kind of
water plant. See {Comfrey}.] (Bot.)
Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water
algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.
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