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3 definitions for Menyanthes trifoliata From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
bogbean \bogbean\ n.
a perennial plant of Europe and America ({Menyanthes
trifoliata) having racemes of white or purplish flowers and
intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at the
water margin and spreading across the surface; -- called also
bog myrtle, water shamrock and marsh trefoil.
Syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
buckbean \buckbean\, Buck bean \Buck" bean`\(b[=e]n`). (Bot.)
A perennial plant ({Menyanthes trifoliata) of Europe and
America which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes
of white, reddish, or purplish flowers and intensely bitter
trifoliate leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil;
-- called also bog bean. It often roots at the water margin
and spreads across the surface.
Syn: water shamrock, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil,
Menyanthes trifoliata.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
Menyanthes trifoliata
n : perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of
white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate
leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading
across the surface [syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean,
bog myrtle, marsh trefoil]
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