bog myrtle

Noun bog myrtle has 1 sense

• bog myrtle(n = noun.plant) bogbean, buckbean, marsh trefoil, menyanthes trifoliata, water shamrock - 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;
is a member of genus menyanthes, menyanthes
is a kind of aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant