Definition of bog bean. Meaning of bog bean. Synonyms of bog bean

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word bog bean. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word bog bean and, of course, bog bean synonyms and on the right images related to the word bog bean.

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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Shapeshifter MP3 Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage Other albums Zog BogBean – From the Marcy Playground Indaba Remixes from Wonderland Lunch, Recess...
- 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...
- Shapeshifter MP3 Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage Other albums Zog BogBean – From the Marcy Playground Indaba Remixes from Wonderland Lunch, Recess...
- quaking mire. The mire is dominated by bottle sedge, marsh cinquefoil and bog-bean, together with white sedge in the wettest part. There is also some wet...
- lily, greater butterfly orchid, perennial cornflower and wig knapweed. Bog-bean, gr**** of Parn****us' western marsh orchid and lousewort are found in the...