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Conferva

//kənˈfɜːvə// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.

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