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English noun: shell-flower

1. shell-flower (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


SynonymsChelone glabra, shellflower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead


Broader (hypernym)bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant


Member meronymChelone, genus Chelone









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