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shellflower
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Noun shellflower has 2 senses
- shellflower(n = noun.plant) chelone glabra, shell-flower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead - 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; Array is a member of chelone, genus chelone
- shellflower(n = noun.plant) alpinia speciosa, alpinia zerumbet, languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger - cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes; Array is a kind of ginger
is a kind of bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant
is a member of alpinia, genus alpinia, genus languas, genus zerumbet
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