turtlehead
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}]
Turtlehead \Tur"tle*head`\ (t[^u]r"t'l-h[e^]d`), 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}.
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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.
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