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noun
Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: yellow-green algae
History
Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.
Across languages
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