Confervae

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conferva \Con*fer"va\, n.; pl. {Conferv[ae]}. [L., a kind of
     water plant. See {Comfrey}.] (Bot.)
     Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water
     algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  confervae
       See {conferva}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conferva
       n : any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with
           branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant
           fresh water
       [also: {confervae} (pl)]