alternanthera philoxeroides

1. 1.

   prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses

   Synonymsalligator weedalligator grass

   Broaderweed

   Part ofAlternanthera

Questions about alternanthera philoxeroides

What does alternanthera philoxeroides mean?

alternanthera philoxeroides means "prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses".

What is another word for alternanthera philoxeroides?

Close synonyms include alligator weed, alligator grass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alternanthera philoxeroides a common word?

alternanthera philoxeroides is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.