hydrocharis morsus-ranae

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsfrogbitfrog's-bit

   Broaderaquatic plant

   Part ofHydrocharis

Questions about hydrocharis morsus-ranae

What does hydrocharis morsus-ranae mean?

hydrocharis morsus-ranae means "European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers".

What is another word for hydrocharis morsus-ranae?

Close synonyms include frogbit, frog's-bit. 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 hydrocharis morsus-ranae a common word?

hydrocharis morsus-ranae 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.