About The Word Snakehead
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Snakehead
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What's The Definition Of Snakehead?
[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 Snakehead: Chelone glabra | shellflower | turtlehead Related Terms | Find terms related to Snakehead: See Also | bog plant | Chelone | genus Chelone | marsh plant | swamp plant Snakehead In Webster's Dictionary \Snake"head`\, n.
1. A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat
rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was
sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip
over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
2. (Bot.)
(a) The turtlehead.
(b) The Guinea-hen flower. See {Snake's-head}, and under
{Guinea}.
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