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Meaning of BUCKBEAN

Pronunciation:  'bukbeen

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 Definition: [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
 
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 Synonyms: bog myrtle, bogbean, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata, water shamrock
 
 See Also: aquatic plant, genus Menyanthes, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, Menyanthes, water plant

 

 

 

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