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con·fer·va | \ kənˈfərvə \
Definition of conferva
1 capitalized,
in some especially former classifications : a genus of filamentous green algae containing a number of species of doubtful relationship many of which are now usually placed in the genus Tribonema
2 plural confervae\ -(ˌ)vē \ : an alga of the genus Tribonema broadly : any of various filamentous algae that form scums in still or sluggish fresh water
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