alligator grass

alligator grass
noun
prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
Hypernyms: ↑weed
Member Holonyms: ↑Alternanthera, ↑genus Alternanthera

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