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English noun: shellflower | |||
| 1. | shellflower (plant) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | Chelone glabra, shell-flower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant | ||
| Member meronym | Chelone, genus Chelone | ||
| 2. | shellflower (plant) cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes | ||
| Synonyms | Alpinia speciosa, Alpinia Zerumbet, Languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ginger | ||
| Member meronym | Alpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Languas, genus Zerumbet | ||
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