bogbean

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Noun

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bog=bean

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bogbean has 1 sense

bogbean(n = noun.plant) bog myrtle, buckbean, marsh trefoil, menyanthes trifoliata, water shamrock - 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; Array

is a member of genus menyanthes, menyanthes

is a kind of aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

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CIDE DICTIONARY

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. [WordNet 1.5]

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