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Definition of Conferva
1. Noun. Any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water.
Definition of Conferva
1. n. Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.
Definition of Conferva
1. Noun. An unbranched slender green freshwater alga. ¹
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Definition of Conferva
1. a freshwater alga [n -VAE or -VAS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conferva
Literary usage of Conferva
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"Of conferva, indeed, it may be said, as it is said of fire, that it is ‘ a very
good servant, but a very bad master.' Let such a vessel, therefore, ..."
2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1806)
"Rusty brown. Filaments upright, crowded, much and irregularly branched. Joints even,
twice as broad as they are long. .MR. LYELL, the discoverer of conferva ..."
3. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1902)
"... Noronha —Bahia—Burnished Rocks—Habits of a Diodou—Pelagic conferva and
Infusoria—Causes of discoloured Sea. ST. JAGO—CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1880)
"HUGHES, MA, On the transport of fine mud and vegetable matter by conferva.
It has, I dare say, been observed that often in warm summer weather rivers, ..."
5. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"Mr. Stackhouse, whose situation near the coast of Cornwall is highly favourable
for the examination of the Fuci, Ulva:, and conferva:, in all their states ..."
6. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1828)
"It is in reality a very différent plan:. and a true conferva, which, from its
peculiar appearance, may bear the name of C. ..."
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