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]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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