frogbit

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noun

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, with roundish leaves and small white flowers. It is free-floating.

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European frogbitcommon frogbitEuropean frog's-bitAmazon frogbitSouth American frogbitfrog's-bitHydrocharis morsus-ranae
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Meanings

nounfrogbit (countable and uncountable, plural frogbits)

plural frogbits

  1. countableuncountableHydrocharis morsus-ranae, with roundish leaves and small white flowers. It is free-floating.

    Synonyms: European frogbit, common frogbit, European frog's-bit

  2. countableuncountableAn American plant, Limnobium spongia, with is also free-floating.
  3. countableuncountableA South American plant, Limnobium laevigatum.

    Synonyms: Amazon frogbit, South American frogbit

Synonyms & antonyms

nounHydrocharis morsus-ranae, with roundish leaves and small white flowers. It is free-floating.

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European frogbitcommon frogbitEuropean frog's-bit

nounA South American plant, Limnobium laevigatum.

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Amazon frogbitSouth American frogbit

More synonyms by meaning

nounEuropean floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers

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frog's-bitHydrocharis morsus-ranae
Broader
aquatic plantwater planthydrophyte

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From frog + bit, perhaps to explain the notched petal tips.

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APA

frogbit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frogbit

MLA

“frogbit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frogbit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frogbit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frogbit.

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