buckbean

/ˌbʌkˈbin/
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Other forms: buckbeans

Definitions of buckbean
  1. 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
    synonyms: Menyanthes trifoliata, bog myrtle, bogbean, marsh trefoil, water shamrock
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    type of:
    aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
    a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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