naiad

English Thesaurus

1. (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains (noun.person)

hypernym	:	water nymph,
definition	:	(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water (noun.person)

domain category	:	greek mythology,
definition	:	the mythology of the ancient Greeks (noun.group)

2. submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus naias, genus najas, naias, najas,
definition	:	sole genus of the family Naiadaceae (noun.plant)