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shellflower
(encz) | shellflower, n: |
shellflower
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
shellflower
(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: shellflower, shell-flower, turtlehead,
snakehead, snake-head, Chelone glabra]
2: cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters
of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips
with variegated magenta stripes [syn: shellflower, {shall-
flower}, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, {Alpinia
speciosa}, Languas speciosa] |
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