conferva

English Thesaurus

1. any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	yellow-green algae,
definition	:	any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus conferva, genus tribonema, tribonema,
definition	:	type genus of Tribonemaceae (noun.animal)