buckbean

See also: buck-bean

English

Menyanthes trifoliata

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• buck-bean

Etymology

Corruption of bogbean.

Noun

buckbean (countable and uncountable, plural buckbeans)

1. A plant of speciesMenyanthes trifoliata, with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.

   Synonyms: bogbean, bog-bean, bog bean, marsh trefoil

Translations

Menyanthes trifoliata

• Finnish: raate (fi)
• German: Fieberklee (de) m
• Hungarian: vidrafű (hu)
• Icelandic: horblaðka (is) f
• Irish: báchrán m, bearnán lachan m, pónaire chorraigh f
• Komi-Zyrian: ерсейвуж (jerśejvuž), кадвуж (kadvuž)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: кергывуй (kergyvuj), кумвылыш (kumvylyš)

• Norman: trêflye dg'ieau m
• Norwegian: bukkeblad n
• Polish: bobrek trójlistkowy (pl) m, trójliść m
• Russian: ва́хта (ru) f (váxta)
• Udmurt: кечкузьым (kećkuźym)