water hyacinth

English

water hyacinth

Noun

water hyacinth (plural water hyacinths)

1. Any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants.
   1. especially common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes, syn. Eichhornia crassipes), a problematic invasive plant that clogs waterways in warm temperate and subtropical regions worldwide.

Translations

aquatic flowering plant of the genus Eichhornia

• Assamese: মেটেকা (meteka)
• German: Wasserhyazinthe f
• Khmer: កំប្លោក (km) (kɑmplaok)
• Malayalam: കുളവാഴ (kuḷavāḻa)
• Manipuri: ꯀꯕꯣꯀꯡ (kabokang)
• Portuguese: aguapé m
• Spanish: taropé m
• Telugu: గుఱ్ఱపుడెక్క (guṟṟapuḍekka)
• Thai: ตบชวา (th) (dtòp-chá-waa)
• Vietnamese: bèo tây (vi), lục bình

References

• water hyacinth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pontederia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “water hyacinth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.