HyperDic: mud_midget

English > 1 sense of the expression mud midget:
NOUNplantmud midget, bogmat, Wolffiella gladiatahaving narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds
English > mud midget: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningHaving narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America.
Synonymsbogmat, Wolffiella gladiata
Member ofWolffiella, genus Wolffiellaminute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond
BroaderduckweedAny small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds

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