Eichhornia

Eichhornia
noun
water hyacinth; water orchid
• Syn: ↑genus Eichhornia
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

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\\īˈkȯrnēə, īkˈhȯ-\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Johann A. F. Eichhorn died 1856 Prussian official + New Latin -ia
: a genus of chiefly tropical floating aquatic herbs (family Pontederiaceae) having rounded or broad clustered leaves with inflated petioles — see water hyacinth

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