Definition of Najas

1. Noun. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.


Definition of Najas

1. Noun. (plural of naja) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Najas

naiveite
naiveites
naively
naiveness
naivenesses
naiver
naives
naivest
naivete
naivetes
naiveties
naivety
naivist
naivity
naja
najas
nakabandi
nakabandis
nakauriite
nake
naked-ape
naked-eye
naked ape
naked apes
naked as a jaybird
naked as the day one was born
naked as the day you were born
naked eye
naked eyes

Literary usage of Najas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"STAMENS 1 (Najas ... or 4—3 (Posidonia); filaments 0 (Najas ... Najas), dehiscence longitudinal; pollen usually ..."

2. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"According to Lin- nasus, Najas is furnished with a single anther only, whilst the figure of Micheli announces four ; whence I refer the genus to ..."

3. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society (1887)
"Heft 10 :— "I have examined the specimens of Najas graminea collected by Delile in the rice-fields near Rosetta, as also those obtained by Schweinfurth near ..."

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