Chelone glabra
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 • Syn: shellflower, shell-flower, turtlehead, snakehead, snake-head • Hypernyms: marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant • Member Holonyms: Chelone, genus Chelone
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