genus menyanthes
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1. the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | bog myrtle, bogbean, buckbean, marsh trefoil, menyanthes trifoliata, water shamrock, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | buckbean family, family menyanthaceae, menyanthaceae, |
| definition | : | a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales (noun.plant) |
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