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frogbit

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frog⋅bit

[frog-bit, frawg-]
–noun
frog's-bit.

Origin:
1570–80

frog's-bit

[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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frogbit

noun
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers 
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