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Noun: Eichhornia crassipes
  1. A tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
    - water hyacinth, water orchid, Eichhornia spesiosa

Type of: aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

Part of: Eichhornia, genus Eichhornia

Encyclopedia: Eichhornia crassipes