naiad

Noun
  1. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers;
    Of fresh or brackish water (synset 112632401)
    is a type of: aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
    belongs to: genus naias, genus najas, naias, najas - sole genus of the family Naiadaceae
    same as: water nymph
  2. (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains (synset 109573572)
    referred to in: greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
    is a type of: water nymph - (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water

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