bogbean

[ bog-been, bawg- ]

noun

1. buck bean.

bogbean

/ ˈbɒɡˌbiːn /

noun

1. another name for buckbean

Word History and Origins

Origin of bogbean¹

First recorded in 1785–95; bog ¹ + bean

Example Sentences

Peruvian bark, wormwoods, artemisia maritima, artemisia absynthium, worm-seed, artemisia santonicum, chamomile, anthemis nobilis, tansey tanacetum, bogbean, menyanthes trifoliata, centaury, gentiana centaurium, gentian, gentiana lutea, artichoke-leaves, cynara scolymus, hop, humulus lupulus.

From Project Gutenberg

A place sacred to kenspeckle folk it was, and from its smoke-stained rafters hung many pieces of bacon and dried shallots, and there were also bunches of centaury, and camomile, and dandelion root, and bogbean, for the goodman's wife was cunning in medicines of the older-fashioned sort.

From Project Gutenberg

Cunning old leech-wives treated the French lady with tonics, mugwort, and bogbean, and good wine enow, But, like David of old, she got no heat; and before Yule-tide came, she had prayed herself safely out of this world, and into the world to come.

From Project Gutenberg