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water orchid

DEFINITIONS OF: water orchid

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n a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States

Synonyms:
Eichhornia crassipes, Eichhornia spesiosa, water hyacinth
Type of:
aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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