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Menyanthes trifoliata
(gcide) | 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] |
Menyanthes trifoliata
(gcide) | 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] |
menyanthes trifoliata
(wn) | Menyanthes trifoliata
n 1: 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, Menyanthes trifoliata] |
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