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    SHELL-FLOWER

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 purpleplay

    Synonyms:

    Chelone glabra; shell-flower; shellflower; snake-head; snakehead; turtlehead

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("shell-flower" is a kind 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)

    Holonyms ("shell-flower" is a member of...):

    Chelone; genus Chelone (herbaceous perennials: shellflower)

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