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buck-bean

buck-bean is the alternative form of buckbean.

Meaning of buckbean

Noun

buckbean (countable and uncountable, plural buckbeans)

  1. A plant of species Menyanthes trifoliata, with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.

Forms of buck-bean

pluralbuck-beans

Questions about buck-bean

What is buck-bean the alternative form of?
Buck-bean is the alternative form of buckbean.

Words near buck-bean in the dictionary

  1. buck's-horn
  2. buck-and-wing
  3. buck-and-wings
  4. buck-basket
  5. buck-baskets
  6. buck-bean
  7. buck-beans
  8. buck-eyed
  9. buck-goat
  10. buck-goats
  11. buck-hoist

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