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GENUS EICHHORNIA

• GENUS EICHHORNIA (noun)
The noun GENUS EICHHORNIA has 1 sense:

1. water hyacinth; water orchid

Familiarity information: GENUS EICHHORNIA used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS EICHHORNIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Water hyacinth; water orchid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eichhornia; genus Eichhornia

Hypernyms ("genus Eichhornia" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Eichhornia"):

Eichhornia crassipes; Eichhornia spesiosa; water hyacinth; water orchid (a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States)

Holonyms ("genus Eichhornia" is a member of...):

family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae (aquatic or bog plants)

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Useful links:
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Pronunciation of water orchid
Definition of Eichhornia crassipes
Pronunciation of water hyacinth
Definition of Pontederiaceae

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