menyanthes : Idioms & Phrases


genus menyanthes

  • noun the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans
    Menyanthes.
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menyanthes trifoliata

  • noun 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
    marsh trefoil; buckbean; bogbean; water shamrock; bog myrtle.
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