genus Eichhornia

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genus Eichhornia - water hyacinth; water orchid Eichhornialiliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family, Pontederiaceae - aquatic or bog plantsEichhornia 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