Associations to the word «Menyanthes»

Wiktionary

MENYANTHES, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Menyanthaceae   — the bog-bean or buckbean.
MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Menyanthaceae   — the bogbean or buckbean.

Dictionary definition

MENYANTHES, noun. The type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats