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单词 buck bean
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buck bean


noun

a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.
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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Example sentences from the Web for buck bean

  • In 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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