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Definition of Marsh trefoil
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 Marsh Trefoil
Literary usage of Marsh trefoil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the ...by Scientific American, inc by Scientific American, inc (1903)
"Buck-bean, Bog-bean, or Marsh-trefoil Buck briard, a four-wheeled vehicle having
the seat mounted on an elastic board instead of springs. ..."
2. Chambers's Information for the People by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1842)
"The quality of the moss may be judged of from the plants which grow upon it ;
all the moss-tribe, the horsetail and the marsh trefoil, are fibrous, ..."
3. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1898)
"... flowering plants, to wit, the marsh trefoil-Lsi» Palustre. The plant meant,
however, as fafe by the Latin name is the Marsh Tea, ..."
4. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1846)
"100 ,, marsh trefoil • 140 Seville oranges .... 1000 Fine cinnamon . . '. 30 White
mustard seed ... 40 Rich white wine . . . 4000 Sugar 4000 The radish, ..."
5. The Physiology of Taste: Harder's Book of Practical American Cookery (in Six by Jules Arthur Harder (1885)
"... Marsh-Trefoil.—A plant growing in marshy places, having bitter leaves, ...
Same as Marsh-Trefoil. Moisten.—To add a little liquid to prevent scorching ..."
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