buck bean


noun
  1. a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.

Origin of buck bean

1
1570–80; earlier buckes bean, translation of Dutch boksboon

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British Dictionary definitions for buckbean

buckbean

/ (ˈbʌkˌbiːn) /


noun
  1. a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae: Also called: bogbean

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