WATER NYMPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water nymph mean? 

• WATER NYMPH (noun)
  The noun WATER NYMPH has 4 senses:

1. submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water

2. a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions

3. (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water

4. a fairy that inhabits water

  Familiarity information: WATER NYMPH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER NYMPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

naiad; water nymph

Hypernyms ("water nymph" is a kind of...):

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Holonyms ("water nymph" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fragrant water lily; Nymphaea odorata; pond lily; water nymph

Hypernyms ("water nymph" is a kind of...):

water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

Holonyms ("water nymph" is a member of...):

genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea (the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("water nymph" is a kind of...):

nymph ((classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water nymph"):

sea nymph ((Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus)

naiad ((Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A fairy that inhabits water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

water nymph; water spirit; water sprite

Hypernyms ("water nymph" is a kind of...):

faerie; faery; fairy; fay; sprite (a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water nymph"):

undine (any of various female water spirits)