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Definition of bogbean in English: bogbeannounˈbɒɡbiːnˈbäɡˌbēn A plant of bogs and shallow water which has creeping rhizomes, three-lobed leaves, and hairy white or pinkish flowers. Menyanthes trifoliata, family Menyanthaceae Also called buckbean Example sentencesExamples - Pharmacological and chemical studies of the bogbean have been carried out at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Division of Pharmacognosy of Uppsala University.
- In spring and summer, early and southern marsh orchids vie with marsh peas and bogbeans for the flower lover's attention.
- In the Yorkshire Dales National Park places where bogbean can be seen include the Malham Tarn National Nature Reserve.
- A 1602 visitor to New England, where they were also called bogbeans, said they were ‘as big as eggs, as good as Potatoes, and 40 on a string, not two inches under ground.’
- In the lochans, there are species of rush, spearwort, water lobelia, and bogbeans.
- The bogbean is a northern marsh herb occurring in North America as far south as Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and California.
Definition of bogbean in US English: bogbeannounˈbäɡˌbēn another term for buckbean Example sentencesExamples - In the lochans, there are species of rush, spearwort, water lobelia, and bogbeans.
- The bogbean is a northern marsh herb occurring in North America as far south as Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and California.
- A 1602 visitor to New England, where they were also called bogbeans, said they were ‘as big as eggs, as good as Potatoes, and 40 on a string, not two inches under ground.’
- In spring and summer, early and southern marsh orchids vie with marsh peas and bogbeans for the flower lover's attention.
- Pharmacological and chemical studies of the bogbean have been carried out at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Division of Pharmacognosy of Uppsala University.
- In the Yorkshire Dales National Park places where bogbean can be seen include the Malham Tarn National Nature Reserve.
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