water hyacinth

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water hyacinth

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water hyacinth (plural water hyacinths)

  1. Any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants.
    1. especially common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes, syn. Eichhornia crassipes), a problematic invasive plant that clogs waterways in warm temperate and subtropical regions worldwide.

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