Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the natural order Gentianeæ, type of the tribe Menyantheæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The type genus of the
Menyanthaceae , having only one species: the bogbeans.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Menyanthaceae — the bog-bean orbuckbean .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans
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Examples
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The plant flowers for a month and therefore bears the botanical designation, "Menyanthes"
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Other typical wetland plants include various sedges, like bottle sedge Carex rostrata, white sedge C. canescens, common bog-sedge C. limosa, tall bog-sedge C. magellanica, marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus.
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Also found in wetland areas are wet graminoid herbaceous communities, dominated by sedges (e.g Eriophorum anjustifolium and Carex spp.) or codominated by sedges and herbs (e.g. Menyanthes trifoliata, Petasites frigidus, and Potentilla palustris).
Copper Plateau taiga 2007
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BUCK-BEAN, or BOG-BEAN (_Menyanthes trifoliata_, a member of the Gentian family), a bog-plant with a creeping stem, alternately arranged large leaves each with three leaflets, and spikes of white or pink flowers.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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On the day I speak of he looked for the Menyanthes, detected it across the wide pool, and, on examination of the florets, decided that it had been in flower five days.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various
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New genera now appear upon the mass, such a Carex, Menyanthes, and others, and soon thicky cover it.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical) 1874
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New genera now appear upon the mass, such a Carex, Menyanthes, and others, and soon thicky cover it.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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I speak of he looked for the Menyanthes, detected it across the wide pool, and, on examination of the florets, decided that it had been in flower five days.
Excursions Henry David Thoreau 1839
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Pinus abies, and the buckbean, or Menyanthes trifoliata, etc., besides the common birch and other European plants.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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Cranberry bogs harbor a range of species that are normally associated with more northerly ecoregions such as cranberry (Vaccinium spp.), blueberry (Vaccinium spp.), bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla), buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata), northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), fisher (Martes pennanti), and black-billed magpie (Pica pica).
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