conferva

See also: Conferva

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.

Pronunciation

Noun

conferva (plural confervas or confervae)

  1. An unbranched slender green freshwater alga.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for conferva in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


Latin

Etymology

cōnferveō + -a (noun)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈfer.wa/, [kõːˈfɛr.wa]

Noun

cōnferva f (genitive cōnfervae); first declension

  1. conferva (a green freshwater alga, formerly regarded as an aquatic plant)
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
  2. consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale)
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Pseudo-Apuleius to this entry?)

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnferva cōnfervae
Genitive cōnfervae cōnfervārum
Dative cōnfervae cōnfervīs
Accusative cōnfervam cōnfervās
Ablative cōnfervā cōnfervīs
Vocative cōnferva cōnfervae

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Descendants

References

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