frogbit
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From frog + bit, perhaps to explain the notched petal tips.
Noun
[edit]frogbit (countable and uncountable, plural frogbits)
- Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, with roundish leaves and small white flowers. It is free-floating.
- Synonyms: European frogbit, common frogbit, European frog's-bit
- An American plant, Limnobium spongia, with is also free-floating.
- A South American plant, Limnobium laevigatum.
- Synonyms: Amazon frogbit, South American frogbit
Descendants
[edit]- → Turkish: frogbit
References
[edit]- “frogbit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English frogbit.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]frogbit (definite accusative frogbiti, plural frogbitler)
- frogbit, Amazon frogbit, Limnobium laevigatum.
- Synonym: Amazon frogbit