frog's-bit — [frôgz′bit΄] adj. designating a family (Hydrocharitaceae, order Hydrocharitales) of submerged, monocotyledonous aquatic plants, including elodea and tape grass … English World dictionary
frog's-bit — frogbit frog bit , frog s bit frog s bit, n. (Bot.) (a) A European plant ({Hydrocharis Morsus ran[ae]}), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish heart shaped leaves and small white flowers. (b) An American plant … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
frog's-bit family — noun simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed • Syn: ↑Hydrocharitaceae, ↑family Hydrocharitaceae, ↑Hydrocharidaceae, ↑family Hydrocharidaceae, ↑frogbit family • Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
frog's-bit — /frogz bit , frawgz /, n. 1. an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves. 2. an aquatic, floating plant, Limnobium spongia, of tropical America, having reddish brown spotted, oblong,… … Universalium
frog's-bit — n. European plant with heart shaped leaves and white flowers that floats on still water, frogbit … English contemporary dictionary
frog|bit — «FROG BIHT, FRG », noun. 1. a floating aquatic plant of Europe, with white flowers. 2. a similar plant of the United States … Useful english dictionary
american frog's-bit — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : frogbit 2 … Useful english dictionary
FROG — This article is about the block cipher algorithm. For the ultrafast laser pulse measurement technique, see frequency resolved optical gating. For the amphibian, see Frog. For other uses, see Frog (disambiguation). Infobox block cipher name = FROG … Wikipedia
Frog battery — Matteucci s frog battery, 1845 (top left); Aldini s frog battery, 1818 (bottom); apparatus for controlled exposure of gases to frog battery (top right). A frog battery is an electrochemical battery consisting of a number of dead frogs (or… … Wikipedia
Frogs-bit — Frog s bit , n. (Bot.) Frogbit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
