BUCK BEAN


Meaning of BUCK BEAN in English

a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers. Also called bogbean, marsh trefoil .

[ 1570-80; earlier buckes bean, trans. of D boksboon ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .