Definition of Frogbits

1. Noun. (plural of frogbit) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frogbits

1. frogbit [n] - See also: frogbit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frogbits

frog and toad
frog face
frog hair
frog hairs
frog in one's throat
frog kick
frog legs
frog march
frog marched
frog marches
frog marching
frog orchid
frog view
frogbit
frogbit family
frogbits (current term)
frogeye
frogeyed
frogeyes
frogfish
frogfishes
frogged
froggeries
froggery
froggier
froggies
froggiest
froggily
frogginess
frogging

Literary usage of Frogbits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the by Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace (1908)
"... Pontederia, frogbits, Azolla. Salvinia, Pistia, etc.), in deep still bays, but especially in lakes and channels communicating with the main river. ..."

2. Highways and Byways in East Anglia by William Alfred Dutt (1901)
"His " frail," as he called the rush basket he carried, contained some frogbits and two or three kinds of water ..."

3. Norfolk by William Alfred Dutt (1900)
"Many kinds of water crowfoot deck the surface of the dykes with snow-white blossoms, frogbits display their three-petalled flowers and kidney-shaped leaves, ..."

4. New Improvements of Planting and Gardening: Both Philosophical and Practical by Richard Bradley (1718)
"... Nymphea or Water-Lilly, Pond-Weeds, Water-Ranunculus, the F/amu/a or Spearwort, and frogbits. ..."

5. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"... whereas, I find Bromeliaceae placed by Dr. Lindley between the Irises and the aquatic frogbits which intervene between them and the other epiphytes. ..."

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