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Conferva

noun
(pl. confervae)
1.
Any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water.



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"Conferva" Quotes from Famous Books



... watching the approaching punt, which was still half a mile away, and being poled steadily in and out of the winding water-lane, now hidden by the dry rustling reeds which stood covered with strands of filmy conferva or ...
— Dick o' the Fens - A Tale of the Great East Swamp • George Manville Fenn


Words linked to "Conferva" :   genus Tribonema, yellow-green algae, Tribonema


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