menyanthes

Noun
  1. The type genus of the Menyanthaceae;
    One species: bogbeans (synset 112505117)
    is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    member holonym: bog myrtle, bogbean, buckbean, marsh trefoil, menyanthes trifoliata, water shamrock - 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
    belongs to: buckbean family, family menyanthaceae, menyanthaceae - a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
    same as: genus menyanthes

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