"conferva" meaning in Latin

See conferva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /konˈfer.u̯a/ [Classical-Latin], [kõːˈfɛru̯ä] [Classical-Latin], /konˈfer.va/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [koɱˈfɛrvä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From cōnferveō (“to heal, grow together”), possibly via ellipsis of cōnferva herba f (“healing plant/herb”), with -a as the feminine form of the adjective-deriving suffix -us, -a, -um. Etymology templates: {{from|la|cōnferveō|t=to heal, grow together}} cōnferveō (“to heal, grow together”), {{ellipsis|la|cōnferva herba|g=f|nocap=1|t=healing plant/herb}} ellipsis of cōnferva herba f (“healing plant/herb”), {{af|la|-us|alt1=-us, -a, -um}} -us, -a, -um Head templates: {{la-noun|cōnferva<1>}} cōnferva f (genitive cōnfervae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cōnferva<1>}} Forms: cōnferva [canonical, feminine], cōnfervae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cōnferva [nominative, singular], cōnfervae [nominative, plural], cōnfervae [genitive, singular], cōnfervārum [genitive, plural], cōnfervae [dative, singular], cōnfervīs [dative, plural], cōnfervam [accusative, singular], cōnfervās [accusative, plural], cōnfervā [ablative, singular], cōnfervīs [ablative, plural], cōnferva [singular, vocative], cōnfervae [plural, vocative], cōnfirma [alternative], cōnserva [alternative]
  1. conferva (a green freshwater alga, formerly regarded as an aquatic plant) Tags: declension-1 Categories (lifeform): Algae
    Sense id: en-conferva-la-noun-rlYkGzHP Categories (other): Latin ellipses Disambiguation of Latin ellipses: 52 48
  2. consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale) Tags: declension-1 Categories (lifeform): Borage family plants
    Sense id: en-conferva-la-noun-pmUYOTdO Categories (other): Latin ellipses, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -us Disambiguation of Latin ellipses: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 43 57 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -us: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cōnsolida 
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