Meaning of "conferva" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONFERVA

From Latin: a water plant, from confervēre to grow together, heal, literally: to seethe, from fervēre to boil; named with reference to its reputed healing properties.

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONFERVA

conferva  [kɒnˈfɜːvə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONFERVA

Conferva is a noun.

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WHAT DOES CONFERVA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cladophora

Cladophora is a genus of reticulated filamentous Ulvophyceae. The genus Cladophora contains many species that are very hard to tell apart and classify, mainly because of the great variation in their appearances, which is affected by habitat, age and environmental conditions. Unlike Spirogyra the filaments of Cladophora branch and it doesn't undergo conjugation. There are two multicellular stages in its life cycle - a haploid gametophyte and a diploid sporophyte - which look highly similar. The only way to tell the two stages apart is to either count their chromosomes, or examine their offspring. The haploid gametophyte produces haploid gametes by mitosis and the diploid sporophyte produces haploid spores by meiosis. The only visible difference between the gametes and spores of Cladophora is that the gametes have two flagella and the spores have four. The Cladophora species can be a major nuisance causing major alteration to benthic conditions linked particularly with increased phosphorus loading.

Definition of conferva in the English dictionary

The definition of conferva in the dictionary is any of various threadlike green algae, esp any of the genus Tribonema, typically occurring in fresh water.

TRANSLATION OF CONFERVA

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• Translator English - Afrikaans: converva
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFERVA»

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The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An ...

... Compsopogonopsis leptocladus 128 Conferva abbreviata 452 Conferva aegagropila 469 Conferva a f finis 261 Conferva amoena 452 Conferva amoena fo. gracilis 452 Conferva atra 133 Conferva atropurpurea 128 Conferva bombycina ...

David M. John, Brian A. Whitton, Alan J. Brook, 2002

Revision of the European Species of Cladophora

Besides specific and varietal names of the genus CIadophora the specific and varietal names of the genera Conferva, Ceramium and Rhi^oclonium, which most probably belong to the genus CIadophora, are listed here. The sequence is ...

C. Van den Hoek, 1963

Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork

589. C. bangioides, Harv. Slender Conferva. Ballycotton : Miss Ball. — very rare. 590. C. fucicola, Velley. Parasitic Conferva. On Alga by shore. — common. 591. C .flaccida, Dillw. Flaccid Conferva. On Fuci : Dr. Scott — rare. 592. C. curta, Dillw.

Cuvierian Society of Cork, Cork Cuvierian Society, J. R. Harvey, 1845

The Botanist's Guide Through the Counties of Northumberland ...

Conferva frigida. — Dillwyn t- 16. Dill. Muse- t. 4-/ 17. A. On cultivated Ground in moist and shady Placet. * 1524. Conferva comoides — Dillwyn p 27- Eng. Bot. t. 1700. On Rocks, Stones, and the Stems of Fuci, on the Coast. * 1525. Conferva ...

Nathaniel John Winch, John Thornhill, Richard J. Waugh, 1805

An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest ...

150 Frog-cheese 453 Frosty-shielded lichen 23 Fruit-stalked purplish conferva 169 Green strap-leaved fucus 1-21 Green-wall conferva. Green powdery stellated lichen 36 Green veiny lichen 81 Greenish chesnut176' Little feathery conferva ...

William Withering, 1818

Flora of Northumberland and Durham

A. coceincum. Gr. Fl. Eds. 307; Conferva coceinea, Dillwyn, t. 36 ; Eng. Bot. 1055. On rocks and stones on the coast. 232. POLYSIPHONIA. 1. P. fastigiata. Gr. Fl. Eds. 308 ; Berwick Flora, ii. 235 ; Conferva polymorpka, Dillwyn, t. 44 ; Eng. Bot.

Nathaniel John Winch, 1831

The British Flora: Containing the Select Names, Characters, ...

1 • it- Conferva corallinoides. L. 161,6. Cor alïïna ton- fervoides gelatinofa alba, geniculis crajfiufculis pellueidis. R. 34. — b. С confervoides gelatinofa rubens, ramulis et geniculis peranguflis. R. 34. Coralline Conferva. Fibres geniculate ...

Stephen Robson, 1777

A Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their ...

Conferva críspala. Crisped crowsilk. Fresh-water ; threads branched, crisped, dark green ; branches alternate, very remote; joints cylindrical, four or six times as long as broad, when dried alternately compressed. ' Conferva críspala. Roth Cat.

Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their ...

Conferva críspala. Crisped crowsilk. Fresh-water; threads branched, crisped, dark green; branches alternate, very remote; joints cylindrical, tour or six times as long as broad, when dried alternately compressed. Conferva crWpata, Rath Cat.

Samuel F. Gray, 1821

The New British Traveller: Or, Modern Panorama of England ...

Horse-Radish ; on the banks of Ore stream, near Feversham. Conferva canaliculars. Mill Conferva ; at Leeds Abbey. cancetttita. Latticed Conferva ; on the shore at Sheerness. eapillaris. Thread Conferva ; in the marsh ditches in Sheer island.

James Dugdale, 1819

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