menyanthes trifoliata

3 definitions found

menyanthes trifoliata - 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]

  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]