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Eichhornia

noun

water hyacinth; water orchid

• Syn: ↑genus Eichhornia

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pontederiaceae, ↑family Pontederiaceae, ↑pickerelweed family

• Member Meronyms: ↑water hyacinth, ↑water orchid, ↑Eichhornia crassipes, ↑Eichhornia spesiosa

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\\īˈkȯrnēə, īkˈhȯ-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Johann A. F. Eichhorn died 1856 Prussian official + New Latin -ia

: a genus of chiefly tropical floating aquatic herbs (family Pontederiaceae) having rounded or broad clustered leaves with inflated petioles — see water hyacinth

Useful english dictionary. 2012.