shellflower

Definitions of shellflower

1. 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: Chelone glabra, shell-flower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead

   type 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
2. noun

   cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
   synonyms: Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger

   type of:

   ginger

   perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems