noun
a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
• Syn: ↑water hyacinth, ↑Eichhornia crassipes, ↑Eichhornia spesiosa
• Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Eichhornia, ↑genus Eichhornia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.