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chelifer |
chelifer cancroides |
cheliferous |
cheliform |
cheloid |
chelone
| chelone glabra
| chelonethida
| chelonia
| chelonia mydas
| chelonian
chelone
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chelone has 1 sense
- chelone(n = noun.plant) genus chelone - herbaceous perennials: shellflower; Array is a kind of asterid dicot genus
is a member of family scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family, scrophulariaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
chelone, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.].
A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceæ , natives of North America; -- called also snakehead , turtlehead , shellflower , etc. [1913 Webster]
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