'bogbean' definitions:
Definition of 'bogbean'
From: WordNet
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 [syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata]
Definition of 'bogbean'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [WordNet 1.5]