ホテイアオイ

noun

common water hyacinth

An aquatic plant with showy purple flowers, often seen floating on ponds and lakes. In Japan it is sometimes considered an invasive species.

• 池いけにホテイアオイがたくさん浮うかんでいる。

  Many water hyacinths are floating on the pond.

• ホテイアオイは夏なつに薄うす紫むらさき色いろの花はなを咲さかせる。

  Water hyacinths bloom with pale purple flowers in summer.