Definition of Bogbean

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.


Definition of Bogbean

1. a marsh plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bogbean

1. buckbean

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogbean

bog soil
bog spavin
bog standard
bog star
bog whortleberry
bogalosha
bogan
boganned
boganning
bogans
bogarted
bogarting
bogarts
bogatyr
bogatyrs
bogbean (current term)
bogbeans
bogberries
bogberry
bogdanovite
bogey
bogey man
bogeyed
bogeying
bogeyism
bogeyisms
bogeyman
bogeymen
bogeypeople
bogeyperson

Literary usage of Bogbean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Baptist Magazine by Baptist Missionary Society (1816)
"The colour of the flowers of the water-lilies may be known from their respective names ; and the bogbean has fringed blossoms of a beautiful yellow. ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Prior, p. 31. Bugbane. Given by Nemnich as 'a. Cimici fuga ; b. The bogbean:' in the latter case a mere corruption of bogbean. Bugle. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Prior. Boddle. A spelling of Boodle or Buddle, which see. See EDS Gloss. to Tusser, D. 21, p. 321. bogbean. Menyanthes trifoliata, L. — Hal. ..."

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