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confervous

confervous adjective: relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.

Adjective

confervous (comparative more confervous, superlative most confervous)

  1. (obsolete) Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.

Forms of confervous

comparativemore confervous
superlativemost confervous

Origin of confervous

From conferva + -ous.

Questions about confervous

What does confervous mean?
Confervous means relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
What part of speech is confervous?
Confervous is an adjective.

Words near confervous in the dictionary

  1. conferva
  2. confervaceous
  3. confervae
  4. confervas
  5. confervoid
  6. confervous
  7. confervæ
  8. confess
  9. confess'd
  10. confessable
  11. confessant

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