• A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean.
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<botany> A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racems of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil. ... Synonym: bogbean, menyanthes. ... (08 Mar 2000) ...
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Buck' bean` (bēn`).
(Botany) A plant (
Menyanthes trifoliata ) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also
bog bean .
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Type: Term Pronunciation: bŭk′ bean Definitions: 1. The leaves of Menyanthes trifoliata (family Gentianaceae); credited with emmenagogue, antiscorbutic, and simple bitter properties. Synonyms: bogbean, menyanthes
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The buck-bean (Menyanthes trifoliate) or bog-bean or marsh-trefoil is a perennial herb of the family Gentianaceae. It has a thick, far-creeping rhizome which bears alternate, long-stalked trifoliate leaves with sheafing bases and an erect leafless stem topped by a raceme of numerous five-lobed white or pinkish coloured flowers. It is common in bogg...
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a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers. Also called
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