About The Word Shellflower

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Shellflower

Shellflower Meaning & Definition
Shellflower Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shellflower?

[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
[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Shellflower: Alpinia speciosa | Alpinia Zerumbet | Chelone glabra | Languas speciosa | shell ginger | snakehead | turtlehead

Related Terms | Find terms related to Shellflower:

See Also | Alpinia | bog plant | Chelone | genus Alpinia | genus Chelone | genus Languas | genus Zerumbet | ginger | marsh plant | swamp plant

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