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Menyanthes

noun

the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans

• Syn: ↑genus Menyanthes

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Menyanthaceae, ↑family Menyanthaceae, ↑buckbean family

• Member Meronyms: ↑water shamrock, ↑buckbean, ↑bogbean, ↑bog myrtle, ↑marsh trefoil, ↑Menyanthes trifoliata

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\\ˌmenēˈan(t)(ˌ)thēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from meny- (origin unknown) + -anthes

: a genus (the type of the family Menyanthaceae) of bog plants, having thickish creeping rootstocks and racemose flowers on a naked scape — see buckbean

Useful english dictionary. 2012.