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buckbean

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buck=bean

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun buckbean has 1 sense

buckbean(n = noun.plant) bog myrtle, bogbean, 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

buckbean,

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

buckbean, n. a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pinkish hairy flowers. Also called bog-bean.

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