单词 | frog-bit |
释义 | > as lemmasfrog-bit frog-bit n. (also frog's bit) the European aquatic plant Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (family Hydrocharitaceae), having kidney-shaped leaves and white and green flowers, now widely naturalized in North America and often regarded as an invasive weed; (later also, more fully American frog-bit) any of several similar plants of the same family belonging to the genus Limnobium, esp. L. spongia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants sea-purslane1548 frog-bit1578 heartwort1578 milkwort1578 water dragon1578 water-liverwort1578 water milfoil1578 water milfoil1578 water radish1578 arrowhead1597 saltwort1597 water archer1597 calla1601 water-rocket1605 sea rocket1611 water archer1617 water chickweed1633 water purslane1633 arsesmart1640 water hyssop1653 water thyme1655 water serpent1659 Myriophyllum1754 least water plantain1756 mud-weed1756 Thalia1756 water-leaf1756 marsh liverwort1760 bastard plantain1762 wool-weed1765 Ruppia1770 goat's foot1773 pipewort1776 blinking chickweed1777 mudwort1789 arrowleaf1805 water-target1814 water willow1814 felwort1816 water shield1817 mermaid weed1822 mud plantain1822 hydrilla1824 blinks1835 crystalwort1846 naiad1846 waterwort1846 arrow weed1848 willow-thorn1857 lattice leaf1866 marsh flower1866 bonnet1869 lattice plant1877 sea-ash1884 alligator weed1887 water parsley1891 water hyacinth1897 lirio1926 neverwet1927 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian masterwort1523 hogweed1707 black root1709 many-seed1750 Martynia1753 Maranta1754 hog meat1756 iron1756 Evolvulus1764 zebra plant1826 turkey-flower1843 vriesia1843 Spanish needles1846 turkey-blossom1849 horse poison1851 St Martin's herb1860 goatweed1864 wake-robin1864 frog-bit1866 herb of St. Martin1866 pipi1866 goatweed1869 cigar-plant1961 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxi. 106 The thirde [kind of floating weeds]..is called..Frogge bitte. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ccxcv. 818 There floteth or swimmeth vpon the vpper parts of the water a small plant, which wee vsually call Frog-bit, hauing little round leaues, thicke and full of iuice. 1747 R. James Pharmacopœia Universalis iii. 374/1 Frog-bit. It grows in muddy and slow Waters, flowering in July. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 312 Frog's Bit, Hydrocharis. 1823 P. Neill Jrnl. Hort. Tour 55 These canals were at this time ornamented with the flowers of arrowhead..and of the frog-bit. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Frog-bit, American, Limnobium. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes iii. 35 Limnobium stoloniferum. This species, known as American Frog-bit, is very similar in appearance to our native Frog-bit (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), but the leaves are rather larger. 2005 Daily Tel. 9 May 8/5 (caption) Frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae). Floating perennial herb, produces white flowers in summer. Found in canals, ditches and ponds. < as lemmas |
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