confervoid

adjective

con·​fer·​void

kənˈfərˌvȯid

: resembling confervae especially in being made up of branching filaments

—used chiefly of algae

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary conferv- (from New Latin Conferva) + -oid

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