SHELLFLOWER
Definition:
- [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
Synonyms: shell-flower, turtlehead, snakehead, snake-head, Chelone glabra
- [noun] cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes
Synonyms: shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa
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