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SHELL-FLOWER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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; shellflower; snake-head; snakehead; turtlehead
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shell-flower" is a kind of...):
bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)
Holonyms ("shell-flower" is a member of...):
Chelone; genus Chelone (herbaceous perennials: shellflower)
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