frogbit

frogbit
noun
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrocharis, ↑genus Hydrocharis

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noun or frog's-bit \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ (plural frogbits or frog's-bits)
1. : a European aquatic floating herb (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) with roundish heart-shaped leaves and small white flowers
2. : an American aquatic plant (Limnobium spongia) with round-cordate or reniform leaves and sessile or short-stalked spathes

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/frog"bit', frawg"-/, n.
frog's-bit.
[1570-80]

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frogˈbit noun
A small aquatic plant (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), related to the water soldier, but with floating leaves
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  • frogbit — noun a floating freshwater plant with clusters of small rounded leaves. [Hydrocharis morsus ranae (Eurasia) and Hydromystria laevigatum (N. America).] …   English new terms dictionary

  • American frogbit — noun American plant with roundish heart shaped or kidney shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches • Syn: ↑Limnodium spongia • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant • M …   Useful english 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

  • Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae — 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

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