HyperDic: alligator_grass

English > 1 sense of the expression alligator grass:
NOUNplantalligator grass, alligator weed, Alternanthera philoxeroidesprolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers
English > alligator grass: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningprolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses.
Synonymsalligator weed, Alternanthera philoxeroides
Member ofAlternanthera, genus Alternantheragenus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia
BroaderweedAny plant that crowds out cultivated plants

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