bog_myrtle | ||
1. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 | |
Synonyms: | buckbean bogbean marsh_trefoil Menyanthes_trifoliata water_shamrock | |
Related terms: | aquatic_plant Menyanthes | |