water hyacinth - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Noun
water hyacinth (plural water hyacinths)
- Any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants.
- ✤ Synonyms: pickerel weed, wampee
- especially common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes, syn. Eichhornia crassipes), a problematic invasive plant that clogs waterways in warm temperate and subtropical regions worldwide.
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