What does "conferva" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "conferva"?

Common synonyms include: algae, bean, bracken, climber, creeper, fern.

//kənˈfɜːvə// noun

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Noun

1
Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema obsolete
2
any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water wordnet

Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.

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