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Meanings of water hyacinth in English
Portuguese
jacintos de água 
A tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States.
Usage of water hyacinth in English
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That has led to the rapid growth of invasive plants, particularly water hyacinth.
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Farm-yard manure is preferred, but castor-cake and the water hyacinth-a weed-constitutegood substitutes.
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A water hyacinth, and its purple spike topped his head as he stood waist-deep.
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This toxic run-off has triggered the invasion of a plant species known as the water hyacinth.
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And a British group used powdered water hyacinth root to clean arsenic out of Bangladeshi groundwater.
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Phosphates and nitrates leached from flower greenhouses have spread mats of oxygen-choking water hyacinth across its surface.
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Stay tuned-andstay away from water hyacinth.
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Non-native species, such as the South American water hyacinth, are causing immense damage to Lake Victoria among others.
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A rapidly growing plant, the water hyacinth blocks waterways and prevents sunlight and oxygen from reaching submerged plants.
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I watched an early heron slide its snake-like neck into a patch of water hyacinth while Billy shifted gears.
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A water hyacinth-whatwas it?
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As the lake level drops, water hyacinth- aSouthAmerican perennial that invaded Africa as a potted plant-crawlsashore, beating back the papyrus.
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The woman was younger, her hair the sleek, soft hue of a fox's pelt, and her eyes were the lavender-blue of the water hyacinth.
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Water hyacinths efficiently absorb nutrients from eutrophic waters, mitigating nutrient pollution problems.
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Water hyacinth forms dense, sprawling mats on the water's surface that even commercial boats can't penetrate.
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Some one gave him two water hyacinths.