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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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