Definition of Genus Menyanthes

1. Noun. The type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Menyanthes

genus Melocactus
genus Melogale
genus Melolontha
genus Melophagus
genus Melopsittacus
genus Melospiza
genus Melursus
genus Menippe
genus Meniscium
genus Menopon
genus Mentha
genus Menticirrhus
genus Mentzelia
genus Menura
genus Menyanthes (current term)
genus Menziesia
genus Mephitis
genus Mercenaria
genus Mercurialis
genus Mergus
genus Meriones
genus Merlangus
genus Merluccius
genus Merops
genus Mertensia
genus Meryta
genus Mesembryanthemum
genus Mesocricetus
genus Mesohippus

Literary usage of Genus Menyanthes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"Medical properties: Bitter, stomachic, tonic, astringent, anthelmintic, cholagogue, febrifuge. genus Menyanthes (Buckbean). M. trifoliata. ..."

2. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"genus Menyanthes,* Linn. B. & H., Gen., ii, p. 819. Species 2, natives of temperate and cold parts of the Northern Hemisphere. 184. ..."

3. American Medical Botany: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants by Jacob Bigelow (1817)
"The genus Menyanthes has its corolla hairy on the upper side; stigma bifid; capsule one celled, two valved. The species in the present article is named from ..."

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