Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shellflower"
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)
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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