English noun: bog myrtle | |||
1. | bog myrtle (plant) 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 | bogbean, buckbean, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata, water shamrock | ||
Broader (hypernym) | aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant | ||
Member meronym | genus Menyanthes, Menyanthes | ||