What is "menyanthes trifoliata"

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.

buckbean \buckbean\, Buck bean \Buck" bean`\(b[=e]n`). (Bot.) A perennial plant ( Menyanthes trifoliata) of Europe and America which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white, reddish, or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean. It often roots at the water margin and spreads across the surface.

Syn: water shamrock, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata.