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shellflower |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chelone \Che*lo"ne\, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.] (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order {Scrophulariace[ae]}, natives of North America; -- called also {snakehead}, {turtlehead}, {shellflower}, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shellflower n 1: showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple [syn: {turtlehead}, {snakehead}, {Chelone glabra}] 2: cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes [syn: {shell ginger}, {Alpinia Zerumbet}, {Alpinia speciosa}, {Languas speciosa}]
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