water hyacinth Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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Wa"ter hy"a*cinth
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.

Webster 1913