English Dictionary |
HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydrocharis morsus-ranae mean?
• HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE (noun)
The noun HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE has 1 sense:
1. European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
Familiarity information: HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
frog's-bit; frogbit; Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Hypernyms ("Hydrocharis morsus-ranae" is a kind of...):
aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)
Holonyms ("Hydrocharis morsus-ranae" is a member of...):
genus Hydrocharis; Hydrocharis (frogbit)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"The young have strength, the old knowledge." (Albanian proverb)
"Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself." (Arabic proverb)
"Half an egg is better than an empty shell." (Dutch proverb)