buckbean

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Menyanthes trifoliata

Alternative forms

• buck-bean

Etymology

Corruption of bogbean.

Noun

buckbean (countable and uncountable, plural buckbeans)

1. A plant of species Menyanthes trifoliata, with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.

   Synonyms: bogbean, bog-bean, bog bean, marsh trefoil

Translations

Menyanthes trifoliata

Finnish: raate (fi) German: Fieberklee (de) m Hungarian: vidrafű (hu) Icelandic: horblaðka (is) f Irish: báchrán m, bearnán lachan m, pónaire chorraigh f Komi-Zyrian: ерсейвуж (jerśejvuž), кадвуж (kadvuž) Mari: Eastern Mari: кергывуй (kergyvuj), кумвылыш (kumvylyš) Norman: trêflye dg'ieau m Norwegian: bukkeblad n Polish: bobrek trójlistkowy (pl) m, trójliść m Russian: ва́хта (ru) f (váxta) Turkish: su yoncası (tr), acı yonca (tr) Udmurt: кечкузьым (kećkuźym)