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noun submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
noun (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
originFrom Latin Nāïas, from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς (Nāïás, “naiad”), from νάω (náō, “to flow”).
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