Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Turtlehead"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Turtlehead \Tur"tle*head`\, n. (Bot.)
An American perennial herb ({Chelone glabra}) having white
flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also
{snakehead}, {shell flower}, and {balmony}.
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) 1.7 (wn)
turtlehead
n : 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}, {snakehead}, {Chelone glabra}]
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