单词 | bog myrtle |
释义 | bog myrtle (once / 369354 pages) n WORD FAMILY bog myrtle USAGE EXAMPLESBog myrtle is a woody shrub with a history of uses, especially as a midge repellent and in the brewing of Scottish ales. Forbes(Oct 15, 2014) The craft brewer has 14 beers on tap, including historic brews such as a Viking-era beer made with bog myrtle and juniper. Washington Times(Jul 29, 2014) "From kites to ospreys, from dormice to otters and marsh violets to bog myrtle. " BBC(May 15, 2014) n 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 Syn|Hyper Menyanthes trifoliata, bogbean, buckbean, marsh trefoil, water shamrock aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth |
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