Definition of water hyacinth Water hyacinth
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What does water hyacinth mean?
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| water hyacinth - a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States | ||
| water orchid, Eichhornia crassipes, Eichhornia spesiosa | ||
| aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- water hyacinth
Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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water hyacinth
Floating aquatic plant, Eichhornia crassipes of tropical America, having showy bluish-purple flowers and swollen leafstalks: family Pontederiaceae. It forms dense masses in rivers, ponds, etc., and is a serious pest in the southern U.S., Java, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Africa.\n(Source: CED)
Wikipedia 
- The seven species of Water hyacinth are in the genus Eichhornia.
