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EICHHORNIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water hyacinth; water orchid

Synonyms:

Eichhornia; genus Eichhornia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("Eichhornia" is a member of...):

family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae (aquatic or bog plants)

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