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noun
A plant of species Menyanthes trifoliata, with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: bogbean, bog-bean, bog bean, marsh trefoil
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, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
History
Alteration of bogbean.
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