shellflower

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shellflower - 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, shell-flower, snakehead, snake-head, 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
	2.	shellflower - cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripesAlpinia speciosa, Alpinia Zerumbet, Languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell gingerginger - perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stemsAlpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Languas, genus Zerumbet - perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes