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Definition of Genus naias
1. Noun. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Naiadaceae, Family Najadaceae, Naiad Family, Naiadaceae, Najadaceae
Member holonyms: Naiad, Water Nymph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Naias
Literary usage of Genus naias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1897)
"The most important contribution to our knowledge of the genus Naias we owe to
the admirable monograph of the genus by Magnus (1870). ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... named after one genus, Naias. The largest genus is Potamogeton, the species
of which are known as pondweeds. Ruppia occidentalis occurs in saline ponds ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... named after one genus, Naias. The largest genus is Potamogeton, the species
of which are known as pondweeds. Ruppia occidentalis occurs in saline ponds ..."
4. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate by Richard Owen (1855)
"The young of the genus Naias have been observed to anchor themselves, after
exclusion from the parent, by a byssus, which is usually wanting in the large ..."
5. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1907)
"Although the family type represented in the aquatic genus Naias must be very
ancient, it can scarcely be said to have advanced beyond the first stage of ..."
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