buck bean
a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.
Origin of buck bean
1- Also called bogbean, marsh trefoil.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use buck bean in a sentence
Infusum menyanthis, L. From the herb or root of buckbean or marsh trefoil (Menyanthes trifoliata).
Indeed, it is a lovely plant; it is the buckbean or marshtrefoil, and generally grows in some boggy spot, such as this.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children | W. HoughtonThe fringed buckbean (villarsia) is said to be an inhabitant of these brooks.
The Call of the Wildflower | Henry S. SaltThe Buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) is very seldom used, on account of its bitterness.
Lachesis Lapponica | Carl von Linn
British Dictionary definitions for buckbean
/ (ˈbʌkˌbiːn) /
a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae: Also called: bogbean
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse