shellflower : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shellflower	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shellflower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shellflower 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 Synonym(s): shellflower, shell-flower, turtlehead, snakehead, snake-head, Chelone glabra cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes Synonym(s): shellflower, shall- flower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Chelone \[d8]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[91]}, natives of North America; -- called also {snakehead}, {turtlehead}, {shellflower}, etc.