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Definition of Menyanthes trifoliata
1. Noun. Perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface.
Group relationships: Genus Menyanthes, Menyanthes
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Plant, Hydrophyte, Hydrophytic Plant, Water Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menyanthes Trifoliata
Literary usage of Menyanthes trifoliata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"In all parts of the world bitter sub- Menyanthes trifoliata and the Tormentil
are as popular in northern regions, ..."
2. American Medical Botany: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants by Jacob Bigelow (1817)
"... which are inundated at certain seasons, and never wholly destitute of
water, .are the favorite situations of the Menyanthes trifoliata. ..."
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