buckbean
English
Alternative forms
- buck-bean
Etymology
Corruption of bogbean.
Noun
buckbean (countable and uncountable, plural buckbeans)
- Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
- Synonyms: bogbean, bog-bean, bog bean; marsh trefoil
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