bog myrtle

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

bog-myrtle

Synonyms

bogbean buckbean marsh trefoil Menyanthes trifoliata water shamrock gale sweet gale

Hypernyms

hydrophyte aquatic plant hydrophytic plant water plant

Close letter words and terms

bog lobelia bog minnow bog moss bog myrtle tea bog oak bog off