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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name of various confervaceous algæ, from their fine thread-like filaments.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A filamentous freshwater alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

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