noun
frogbit
• Syn: ↑genus Hydrocharis
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrocharitaceae, ↑family Hydrocharitaceae, ↑Hydrocharidaceae, ↑family Hydrocharidaceae, ↑frogbit family, ↑frog's-bit family
• Member Meronyms: ↑frogbit, ↑frog's-bit, ↑Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
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\\hīˈdräkərə̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from hydr- + Greek charit-, charis grace, beauty; akin to Greek chairein to rejoice — more at yearn
: a small genus (the type of the family Hydrocharitaceae) of Old World aquatic herbs with petioled floating leaves — see frogbit
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Hydrocharis /hī-drokˈə-ris/ noun
(Gr charis, -itos grace) the frogbit genus, giving name to the Hydrocharitāˈceae, a family of water plants related to the pondweeds
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Main Entry: ↑hydro-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.