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Definition of Bogbean
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
Definition of Bogbean
1. a marsh plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bogbean
1. buckbean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogbean
Literary usage of Bogbean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Baptist Magazine by Baptist Missionary Society (1816)
"The colour of the flowers of the water-lilies may be known from their respective
names ; and the bogbean has fringed blossoms of a beautiful yellow. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Prior, p. 31. Bugbane. Given by Nemnich as 'a. Cimici fuga ; b. The bogbean:' in
the latter case a mere corruption of bogbean. Bugle. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Prior. Boddle. A spelling of Boodle or Buddle, which see. See EDS Gloss. to Tusser,
D. 21, p. 321. bogbean. Menyanthes trifoliata, L. — Hal. ..."
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