FAMILY NAIADACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Naiadaceae mean? 

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

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

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

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• FAMILY NAIADACEAE (noun)

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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 ("family 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 "family Naiadaceae"):

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

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

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