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EICHHORNIA SPESIOSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eichhornia spesiosa mean?
• EICHHORNIA SPESIOSA (noun)
The noun EICHHORNIA SPESIOSA has 1 sense:
1. a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
Familiarity information: EICHHORNIA SPESIOSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eichhornia crassipes; Eichhornia spesiosa; water hyacinth; water orchid
Hypernyms ("Eichhornia spesiosa" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("Eichhornia spesiosa" is a member of...):
Eichhornia; genus Eichhornia (water hyacinth; water orchid)
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