shellflower

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shellflower Definition

• (n) 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
• (n) cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes

shellflower Synonyms

• Alpinia speciosa
• Alpinia Zerumbet
• Chelone glabra
• Languas speciosa
• shall-flower
• shell ginger
• shell-flower
• shellflower
• snake-head
• snakehead
• turtlehead