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Chelone

Chelone Meaning & Definition
Chelone Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chelone?

[n] herbaceous perennials: shellflower

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chelone: genus Chelone

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See Also | asterid dicot genus | Chelone glabra | family Scrophulariaceae | figwort family | foxglove family | Scrophulariaceae | shellflower | snakehead | turtlehead

Chelone In Webster's Dictionary

\Che*lo"ne\, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.] (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order {Scrophulariace[ae]}, natives of North America; -- called also {snakehead}, {turtlehead}, {shellflower}, etc.

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