Bog Plant (Noun)
Meaning
A semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The bog plant species found in the area were carefully studied by the botanist to understand their unique adaptations.
- Sphagnum is a type of bog plant that is highly effective at retaining water and is often used in gardening.
- The acidic soil conditions in the wetlands supported a wide variety of bog plants, including carnivorous species.
- The hikers had to wade through the dense thickets of bog plants to reach the other side of the marsh.
- The rare bog plant, cross-leaved heath, was only found in a few isolated areas of the moor.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Sweet Calamus
- Sweet Flag
- Water Dragon
- May Blob
- Yellow-eyed Grass
- Shellflower
- Brooklime
- Symplocarpus Foetidus
- Sabbatia
- Greater Water Parsnip
- Veronica Beccabunga
- Rush
- Meadow Bright
- Skunk Cabbage
- Snakehead
- Marsh Marigold
- Veronica Americana
- Wild Calla
- Saururus Cernuus
- Flagroot
- Sedge
- Snake-head
- Water Parsnip
- Myrtle Flag
- Cattail
- Foetid Pothos
- Cowslip
- Greater Spearwort
- Chelone Glabra
- Arrow Grass
- Skirret
- Lizard's-tail
- Caltha Palustris
- Calla Palustris
- Lesser Spearwort
- Acorus Calamus
- Parnassia
- Water Plantain
- Turtlehead
- Marsh Elder