| NOUN | plant | genus Menyanthes, Menyanthes | the type genus of the Menyanthaceae |
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| Meaning | The type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans. | |
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| Synonym | Menyanthes | |
| Member of | Menyanthaceae, family Menyanthaceae, buckbean family | A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales |
| Members | water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata | perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | genus menyanthes, menyanthes, Menyanthes | |
| Catalan | genus menyanthes, menyanthes | |
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