Najas
- proper noun
- Specialized
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Najas
- Najas can often be found growing in shallow waters and along the edges of lakes.
Examples
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Genetic uniformity, which is customarily associated with inbreeding, has been observed in aquatic annuals such as Najas marina (Triest 1989).
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In species of Najas and the sea-grass Amphibolis, the exine is lacking altogether (see references in Philbrick and Osborn 1994).
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The evolution of hydrophilous systems in the marine Hydrocharitaceae and Najas, in which both pollen and stigmas are completely wet, would represent a subsequent stage of adaptation in such a gradual model.
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Najas is a genus of aquatic plants commonly referred to as Najas.
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Many researchers study Najas for its ecological role in freshwater habitats.
Synonyms
Water plants that grow fully underwater in fresh water
A water plant that grows in slow streams and shallow lakes and gives food and shelter to fish
A group of small water plants that grow in lakes and ponds
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Najas comes from an old Greek word naias meaning 'water nymph', a small figure in old stories that lives in rivers and lakes. So Najas is the name given to this group of water plants to remind us that they live in fresh water.
