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water hyacinth

water hyacinth noun: any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants.

water hyacinth: any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants
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Noun

water hyacinth (plural water hyacinths)

  1. Any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants.
    1. especially common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes, syn. Eichhornia crassipes), a problematic invasive plant that clogs waterways in warm temperate and subtropical regions worldwide.

water hyacinth meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Assamese

water hyacinth in Tamil

கருங்குவளை, நீலோற்பலம், ஆகாயத் தாமரை, நீர்த் தாமரை

water hyacinth in Telugu

aquatic flowering plant of the genus Eichhornia
గుఱ్ఱపుడెక్క guṟṟapuḍekka

water hyacinth in Malayalam

aquatic flowering plant of the genus Eichhornia
കുളവാഴ kuḷavāḻa

water hyacinth in Assamese

aquatic flowering plant of the genus Eichhornia
মেটেকা meteka
More languagesFewer languages
water hyacinth in Thai
ตบชวา dtòp-chá-waa
water hyacinth in Vietnamese
bèo tây, lục bình

Synonyms of water hyacinth

Forms of water hyacinth

pluralwater hyacinths

Questions about water hyacinth

What does water hyacinth mean?
Water hyacinth means any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants.
What is water hyacinth in Tamil?
Water hyacinth in Tamil is கருங்குவளை, நீலோற்பலம், ஆகாயத் தாமரை. See Water hyacinth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is water hyacinth?
Water hyacinth is a noun.
What is the plural of water hyacinth?
The plural of water hyacinth is water hyacinths.

Words near water hyacinth in the dictionary

  1. water holes
  2. water horse
  3. water horses
  4. water horsetail
  5. water horsetails
  6. water hyacinth
  7. water hyacinths
  8. water hyssop
  9. water hyssops
  10. water ice
  11. water ices

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