Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum. --O. W. Holmes. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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 — n. greenish algae on surface of stagnant water. ♦ conferval, ♦ confervoid, ♦ confervous, a … Dictionary of difficult words
