bog myrtle English

Meaning bog myrtle meaning

What does bog myrtle mean?

bog myrtle

— noun (= 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

Synonyms bog myrtle synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bog myrtle?

bog myrtle English » English

water shamrock

marsh trefoil

buckbean

bogbean

Menyanthes trifoliata

sweetgale

Examples bog myrtle examples

How do I use bog myrtle in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The skyscraper is expected to sink into the bog.

It's back there somewhere, through the bog.

News and current affairs

Russian society has become a dry peat bog, waiting for a spark to ignite it.

The need to wrestle with macroeconomic-policy issues could easily cause talks to bog down - and give protectionist lobbies the political ammunition they need.