Bogbean

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bogbean
       n : 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}, {bog
           myrtle}, {marsh trefoil}, {Menyanthes trifoliata}]