noun
simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
• Syn: ↑Hydrocharitaceae, ↑family Hydrocharitaceae, ↑Hydrocharidaceae, ↑family Hydrocharidaceae, ↑frogbit family
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Naiadales, ↑order Naiadales, ↑Alismales, ↑order Alismales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Hydrocharis, ↑genus Hydrocharis, ↑genus Hydrilla, ↑Limnobium, ↑genus Limnobium, ↑Elodea, ↑genus Elodea, ↑pondweed, ↑ditchmoss, ↑Egeria, ↑genus Egeria, ↑Vallisneria, ↑genus Vallisneria
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nounsee frogbit family
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frog's-bit family,
= frogbit family. (Cf. ↑frogbit family)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.