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[syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
buckbean \buckbean\, Buck bean \Buck" bean`\(b[=e]n`). (Bot.)
   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.
   Syn: water shamrock, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil,
        Menyanthes trifoliata.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Menyanthes trifoliata
    n 1: 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 [syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean,
         bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata]