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Meaning of FROGBIT

Pronunciation:  'frâg`bit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
 
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 Synonyms: frog's-bit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
 
 See Also: aquatic plant, genus Hydrocharis, Hydrocharis, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Frog"bit`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A European plant ({Hydrocharis Morsus-ran[ae]}), floating
    on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has
    roundish leaves and small white flowers.
(b) An American plant ({Limnobium Spongia}), with similar
    habits.
 

 

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