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Definition of Naiadaceae
1. Noun. Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Family, Monocot Family
Group relationships: Alismales, Naiadales, Order Alismales, Order Naiadales
Member holonyms: Genus Naias, Genus Najas, Naias, Najas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naiadaceae
Literary usage of Naiadaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"1: 90. Flowers axillary ; leaves spinose-dentate. Fam 4. Naiadaceae. 1: 89.
Perianth present, of 2 series of parts. ..."
2. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"Naiadaceae. NAIAS FAMILY. Mostly fresh-water herbs. Leaves mainly opposite :
blades mostly toothed, the bases dilated. Flowers dioecious or monoecious, ..."
3. Flora Cestrica: An Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester by William Darlington (1853)
"GIL Naiadaceae. p. 302. CALLITRICHE. Flowers associated in the axils of the ...
257. [Arum. ORD. XCIX. ARACEAE.J?. 297.] [Najas. ORD. CII. Naiadaceae.p. ..."
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