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water hyacinth

Syllabification: (wa·ter hy·a·cinth)
Definition of water hyacinth

noun

  • a free-floating tropical American water plant that has been introduced elsewhere as an ornamental and in some warmer regions has become a serious weed of waterways.
    • Eichhornia crassipes, family Pontederiaceae

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