frogbit

Questions about frogbit

What does frogbit mean?

frogbit means "European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers".

How many syllables are in frogbit?

frogbit has 2 syllables and divides as frog-bit under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for frogbit?

Close synonyms include frog's-bit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frogbit a common word?

frogbit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.