Meanings
plural buckbeans · alternative buck-bean · alternative buck bean
- countableuncountableA plant of species Menyanthes trifoliata, with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
Synonyms: bogbean, bog-bean, bog bean, marsh trefoil
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant of species Menyanthes trifoliata, with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
More synonyms by meaning
nounperennial 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Alteration of bogbean.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch waterdrieblad
- waterdriebladMenyanthes trifoliata
Finnish raate
- raateMenyanthes trifoliata
German Fieberklee
- FieberkleeMenyanthes trifoliata
Hungarian vidrafű
- vidrafűMenyanthes trifoliata
Icelandic horblaðka
- horblaðkaMenyanthes trifoliata
Irish báchrán, bearnán lachan
- báchránMenyanthes trifoliata
- bearnán lachanMenyanthes trifoliata
- pónaire chorraighMenyanthes trifoliata
Norwegian bukkeblad
- bukkebladMenyanthes trifoliata
Polish bobrek trójlistkowy, trójliść
- bobrek trójlistkowyMenyanthes trifoliata
- trójliśćMenyanthes trifoliata
Russian ва́хта
- ва́хта (váxta)Menyanthes trifoliata
Turkish su yoncası, acı yonca
- su yoncasıMenyanthes trifoliata
- acı yoncaMenyanthes trifoliata
Cite this entry
buckbean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckbean
“buckbean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckbean. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buckbean,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckbean.
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