frog's-bit

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[frogz-bit, frawgz-]

–noun

1.	an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.

2.	an aquatic, floating plant, Limnobium spongia, of tropical America, having reddish-brown spotted, oblong, heart-shaped, or ovate leaves.

Also, frogbit.

Origin:
1570–80

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frog's-bit
noun
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers [syn: frogbit]

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