noun
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
• Syn: ↑frog's-bit, ↑Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
• Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant
• 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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Main Entry: ↑frog
Useful english dictionary. 2012.