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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