frog's-bit

frog's-bit
/frogz"bit', frawgz"-/, n.
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.
[1570-80]

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