water hyacinth

English

water hyacinth

Noun

water hyacinth (plural water hyacinths)

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

Translations

aquatic flowering plant of the genus Eichhornia

• Assamese: মেটেকা (meteka)
• German: Wasserhyazinthe f
• Khmer: កំប្លោក (km) (kɑmplaok)
• Malayalam: കുളവാഴ (kuḷavāḻa)
• Manipuri: ꯀꯕꯣꯀꯡ (kabokang)
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• Portuguese: aguapé m
• Spanish: taropé m
• Thai: ตบชวา (th) (dtòp-chá-waa)
• Vietnamese: bèo tây, lục bình

References

• water hyacinth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pontederia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “water hyacinth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.