Eichhornia

noun

Eich·​hor·​nia

īˈkȯrnēə, 

īkˈhȯ-

: a genus of chiefly tropical floating aquatic herbs (family Pontederiaceae) having rounded or broad clustered leaves with inflated petioles see water hyacinth

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Johann A. F. Eichhorn †1856 Prussian official + New Latin -ia

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