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