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CONFERVA
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Irregular inflected form: confervae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("conferva" is a kind of...):
yellow-green algae (any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment)
Holonyms ("conferva" is a member of...):
genus Conferva; genus Tribonema; Tribonema (type genus of Tribonemaceae)
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