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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
buckbean
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, bogbean, bog
myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
buckbean
n.
''Menyanthes trifoliata'', a plant with racemes of white or reddish
flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
buckbean
n.
''Menyanthes trifoliata'', a plant with racemes of white or reddish
flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
buckbean
n.
''Menyanthes trifoliata'', a plant with racemes of white or reddish
flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
buckbean
n.
''Menyanthes trifoliata'', a plant with racemes of white or reddish
flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
buckbean /bˈʌkbiːn/
vachta trojlistá
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
buckbean /bˈʌkbiːn/
Fieberklee , Bitterklee [bot.]
Note: Menyanthes trifoliata
Synonym: bogbean
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
buckbean /bˈʌkbiːn/
raate
Menyanthes trifoliata
From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]
buckbean /bˈʌkbiːn/
bukkeblad
Menyanthes trifoliata
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 睡菜;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 睡菜
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