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NAIAD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: naiades   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

water nymph ((Greek mythology) any nymph of the water)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

naiad; water nymph

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("naiad" 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 ("naiad" is a member of...):

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

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