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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·fer·va n.; pl. Confervæ   Bot. Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 conferva
      n : any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with
          branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant
          fresh water
      [also: confervae (pl)]