chelone : Idioms & Phrases


chelone glabra

  • noun 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
    shellflower; turtlehead; snake-head; shell-flower; snakehead.
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genus chelone

  • noun herbaceous perennials: shellflower
    Chelone.
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