conferva means any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
conferva is pronounced /kənˈfɜːvə/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.
noun
- Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema