water shamrock (n)
buckbean (n)
bogbean (n)
bog myrtle (n)
marsh trefoil (n)
Menyanthes trifoliata (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 20
def perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves
def often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
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Hypernym aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
Member holonym Menyanthes, genus Menyanthes
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Member meronym Menyanthes, genus Menyanthes
Hyponym aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant

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