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GENUS EICHHORNIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eichhornia mean?
• GENUS EICHHORNIA (noun)
The noun GENUS EICHHORNIA has 1 sense:
1. water hyacinth; water orchid
Familiarity information: GENUS EICHHORNIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water hyacinth; water orchid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eichhornia; genus Eichhornia
Hypernyms ("genus Eichhornia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Eichhornia"):
Eichhornia crassipes; Eichhornia spesiosa; water hyacinth; water orchid (a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States)
Holonyms ("genus Eichhornia" is a member of...):
family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae (aquatic or bog plants)
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