marsh trefoil
1.
(
noun
) 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:
Menyanthes trifoliata
,
bog myrtle
,
bogbean
,
buckbean
,
water shamrock
Related Words:
aquatic plant
,
hydrophyte
,
hydrophytic plant
,
water plant
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