bog myrtle

Definitions of bog myrtle

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: Menyanthes trifoliata, bogbean, buckbean, marsh trefoil, water shamrock

   type of:

   aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

   a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth