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NAIAD FAMILY
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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
Sense 1
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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