Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Hydrocharis Morsus-ranæ, a floating aquatic plant of Europe, with round-reniform leaves and white flowers.
- noun The Limnobium Spongia, a very similar plant of the United States. Also
frog's-bit .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A European plant (
Hydrocharis Morsus-ranæ ), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish heart-shaped leaves and small white flowers. - noun An American plant (
Limnobium Spongia ), with similar habits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
European plant , Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, with roundish leaves and small white flowers, thatfloats on still water andpropagates itself byrunners . - noun An
American plant, Limnobium spongia, with similar propagation. - noun A South American plant, Limnobium laevigatum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
Etymologies
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Examples
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Here and there float upon the surface the round leaves and delicate white blossoms of the frogbit, together with lilies, pondweeds, and water starworts.
Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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