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Definition of bog bean

Bog bean
Bog Bog, n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass. Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. --R. Jago. 2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.] Bog bean. See Buck bean. Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.] Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc. Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum. Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale. Bog ore. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. Bog spavin. See under Spavin.
bog bean
Buck bean Buck" bean` (b[=e]n`). (Bot.) A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean.

Meaning of bog bean from wikipedia

- is protected in the United States. It is a host plant to the endangered bog buck moth, Hemileuca maia menyanthevora. The rootstock can be ground into...
- Zog BogBean – From the Marcy Playground is an album, self-produced and recorded by John Wozniak in his bedroom studio with some help from his then-girlfriend...
- fauna, including many moths. Plants include reed, marsh cinquefoil and bog bean. There is also an area of acidic gr****land with a rich flora. "Designated...
- game playing system developed by Jeff Mallett and Mark Lefler in 1998 Zog BogBean – From the Marcy Playground, John Wozniak album Zog-zog monkey, also known...
- for a hay crop. In June it is coloured by yellow flag, marsh cinquefoil, bog bean, and ragged robin (a source of nectar for the adult swallowtails). In early...
- songs found on Wozniak's Zog BogBean project, would appear on later Marcy Playground albums. As of April 2009, Zog BogBean was available for download at...
- Bellflower and Bottle Sedge, with the wetter areas supporting Bog-bean, Marsh Speedwell, Bog Asphodel and Round-leaved Sundew. The river itself has po****tions...
- lily, greater butterfly orchid, perennial cornflower and wig knapweed. Bog-bean, gr**** of Parn****us' western marsh orchid and lousewort are found in the...
- at the age of 14.[citation needed] Wozniak's first solo effort was Zog BogBean – From the Marcy Playground recorded in his own home in 1990. In 1996 he...
- lesser pond sedge, perennial sedge, meadowsweet, northern water hemlock, bog-bean, great water dock, great spearwort, ragged robin, globe-flower and St Peter’s...