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NAIADACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Naiadaceae"):

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

Holonyms ("Naiadaceae" is a member of...):

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

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