snake-head

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

snake-head - 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 purpleChelone glabra, shellflower, shell-flower, snakehead, turtleheadChelone, genus Chelone - herbaceous perennials: shellflowerbog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath