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noun
a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.
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Also called bogbean, marsh trefoil.
Origin of buck bean
1570–80; earlier buckes bean, translation of Dutch boksboon
Words nearby buck bean
Buchner funnel, buchu, buck, buck and wing, buckaroo, buck bean, buckboard, bucked, buckeen, bucker, bucket
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How to use buck bean in a sentence
The bog-bean, or buck-bean, with white lace-like flowers may be seen occasionally in stagnant swamps.
The Thames|G. E. MittonIn the next meadow they came upon beds of Menyanthes—an ugly name, and its common one of buck-bean is not much better.
Happy Days for Boys and Girls|Various
British Dictionary definitions for buck bean
buckbean
/ (ˈbʌkˌbiːn) /
noun
a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family MenyanthaceaeAlso called: bogbean
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