释义 |
eich·hor·nia \īˈkȯrnēə, īkˈhȯ-\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Johann A. F. Eichhorn died 1856 Prussian official + New Latin -ia : a genus of chiefly tropical floating aquatic herbs (family Pontederiaceae) having rounded or broad clustered leaves with inflated petioles — see water hyacinth |