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conferva

UK/kənˈfɜːvə/

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

Noun

conferva (plural confervas or confervae or (obsolete) confervæ)

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

Forms of conferva

pluralconfervas
pluralconfervae
plural (obsolete)confervæ

Origin of conferva

Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.

Words formed from conferva

Questions about conferva

What does conferva mean?
Conferva means any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema.
What part of speech is conferva?
Conferva is a noun.
How do you pronounce conferva?
Conferva is pronounced /kənˈfɜːvə/ (UK).
What is the plural of conferva?
The plural of conferva is confervas.

Words near conferva in the dictionary

  1. conferruminates
  2. conferruminating
  3. conferrumination
  4. confers
  5. conferted
  6. conferva
  7. confervaceous
  8. confervae
  9. confervas
  10. confervoid
  11. confervous

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