HyperDic: menyanthes

English > 1 sense of the word Menyanthes:
NOUNplantMenyanthes, genus Menyanthesthe type genus of the Menyanthaceae
English > Menyanthes: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningThe type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans.
Synonymgenus Menyanthes
Member ofMenyanthaceae, family Menyanthaceae, buckbean familyA dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
Memberswater shamrock, buckbean, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliataperennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus menyanthes, menyanthes, Menyanthes
Catalangenus menyanthes, menyanthes

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