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    WATER ORCHID

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    Eichhornia crassipes; Eichhornia spesiosa; water hyacinth; water orchid

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("water orchid" 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 ("water orchid" is a member of...):

    Eichhornia; genus Eichhornia (water hyacinth; water orchid)

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