noun
simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
• Syn: ↑Hydrocharitaceae, ↑family Hydrocharitaceae, ↑Hydrocharidaceae, ↑family Hydrocharidaceae, ↑frog's-bit family
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Naiadales, ↑order Naiadales, ↑Alismales, ↑order Alismales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Hydrocharis, ↑genus Hydrocharis, ↑genus Hydrilla, ↑Limnobium, ↑genus Limnobium, ↑Elodea, ↑genus Elodea, ↑pondweed, ↑ditchmoss, ↑Egeria, ↑genus Egeria, ↑Vallisneria, ↑genus Vallisneria
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noun or frog's-bit family* * *
frogbit family,
a widely distributed group of monocotyledonous aquatic herbs which either grow below the water or float on the surface. The family includes the waterweed, tape grass, and eelgrass.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.