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The Collaborative International Dictionary
bogbean

bogbean \bogbean\ n. a perennial plant of Europe and America ( Menyanthes trifoliata) having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at the water margin and spreading across the surface; -- called also bog myrtle, water shamrock and marsh trefoil.

Syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil.

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bogbean

n. buckbean

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bogbean

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, buckbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata]

Usage examples of "bogbean".

I was supposed to go to the drive-in Sunday night with Cooter Bogbean, but now I get to prance around a pasture, telling little old ladies where to sit and trying not to throw up when people start babbling about the Holy Spirit.