buckbean

English

Menyanthes trifoliata

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• buck-bean

Etymology

Corruption of bogbean.

Noun

buckbean (countable and uncountable, plural buckbeans)

1. Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant 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)
• Hungarian: vidrafű (hu)
• Irish: báchrán m, bearnán lachan m, pónaire chorraigh f
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• Norman: trêflye dg'ieau m
• Norwegian: bukkeblad n
• Russian: ва́хта (ru) f (váxta)