- conferva
- con·fer·va
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conferva
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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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Conferva — Link (Konferve, Wasserfaden), Gattung der Ulotrichazeen, mehrzellige grüne Algen, deren walzenförmige Zellen zu astlosen Fäden verbunden sind, die anfangs festsitzen. Alle Zellen sind einander gleich und vermehrungsfähig durch Querteilung in je… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
conferva — |é| s. f. [Botânica] Planta aquática de filamentos verdes, vulgarmente chamada limo … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
conferva — [kən fʉr′və] n. pl. confervae [kən fʉr′vē] or confervas [L: see COMFREY] Bot. a former name for any of various threadlike green algae, esp. a genus ( Tribonema) found chiefly in fresh water conferval adj., n. confervoid … English World dictionary
conferva — con·fèr·va s.f. TS bot. → tribonema {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: av. 1564. ETIMO: dal lat. scient. Conferva, da conferva, nome di un erba … Dizionario italiano
conferva — conferval, confervous /keuhn ferr veuhs/, adj. confervoid /kon ferr voyd/, adj., n. /kon ferr veuh/, n., pl. confervae / vee/, confervas. any simple filamentous green algae, many of which were formerly classified in the genus Conferva. [1630 40;… … Universalium
conferva — noun any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water • Hypernyms: ↑yellow green algae • Member Holonyms: ↑Tribonema, ↑genus Tribonema, ↑genus Conferva … Useful english dictionary
Conferva rivularis — Crow silk Crow silk (kr? s?lk ), n. (Bot.) A filamentous fresh water alga ({Conferva rivularis} of Linnaeus, {Rhizoclonium rivulare} of Kutzing). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conferva — con|fer|va Mot Pla Nom femení … Diccionari Català-Català
conferva — pl.f. conferve … Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari
conferva — n. simple filamentous green algae (Botany) … English contemporary dictionary
