Definition of Confervoid algae

1. Noun. Algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments.

Generic synonyms: Alga, Algae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confervoid Algae

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conferrence
conferrences
conferrer
conferrers
conferring
conferruminate
confers
confertus
conferva
confervaceous
confervae
conferval
confervas
confervoid algae (current term)
confervous
confess
confessable
confessaries
confessary
confesse
confessed
confessedly
confesser
confessers
confesses
confessest
confesseth
confessing

Literary usage of Confervoid algae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"... and this feature is characteristic of the higher plants, which are adapted to live on land rather than in the water. confervoid algae t. ..."

2. Microscopic objects figured and described by John H. Martin (1870)
"It is only within the last few years that this microscopic organism has been thoroughly examined, and found to be one of the confervoid algae, before which ..."

3. The wonders of plant life under the microscope by Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick (1884)
"Among these simple organisms,—the confervoid algae,—there are two forms of peculiar interest to the microscopist; they are interesting, not only for their ..."

4. Botany for Agricultural Students by John Nathan Martin (1919)
"... they lack motility and this feature is characteristic of the higher plants, which are adapted to live on land rather than in the water. confervoid algae ..."

5. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Fresh water, attached gregariously to confervoid algae. In his illustration of this species, Stein* indicates the presence of a presumed oral aperture at ..."

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