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noun
An herbal shrub with a strong, sweet resinous smell, Myrica gale, that grows in bogs, moors, fens and other wet, acidic environments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
History
From bog + myrtle; plants with small evergreen leaves are often named after the myrtle.
