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NAIAD FAMILY

Dictionary entry overview: What does naiad family mean?

• NAIAD FAMILY (noun)
The noun NAIAD FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers

Familiarity information: NAIAD FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NAIAD FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Naiadaceae; family Najadaceae; naiad family; Naiadaceae; Najadaceae

Hypernyms ("naiad family" is a kind of...):

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "naiad family"):

genus Naias; genus Najas; Naias; Najas (sole genus of the family Naiadaceae)

Holonyms ("naiad family" is a member of...):

Alismales; Naiadales; order Alismales; order Naiadales (an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants)

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