Definitions of shellflower
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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
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synonyms:
Chelone glabra, shell-flower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead
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type of:
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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
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bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant
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cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
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synonyms:
Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger
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type of:
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ginger
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
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ginger
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