water hyacinth

English

water hyacinth

Noun

water hyacinth (plural water hyacinths)

1. Any of the genus Pontederia (syn. Eichhornia) of aquatic flowering plants.

   Synonyms: pickerel weed, wampee

   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.