water hyacinth
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Eichhornia_crassipes_%28or_Pontederia_crassipes%29_-_Family_Pontederiaceae_-_River.jpg/220px-Eichhornia_crassipes_%28or_Pontederia_crassipes%29_-_Family_Pontederiaceae_-_River.jpg)
Noun
[edit]water hyacinth (plural water hyacinths)
- Any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants.
- especially common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes, syn. Eichhornia crassipes), a problematic invasive plant that clogs waterways in warm temperate and subtropical regions worldwide.
Translations
[edit]aquatic flowering plant of the genus Eichhornia
References
[edit]water hyacinth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pontederia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “water hyacinth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.