chelone glabra

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chelone glabra - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Turtlehead \Tur"tle*head`\ (t[^u]r"t'l-h[e^]d`), n. (Bot.)
     An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white
     flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also
     snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.
     [1913 Webster]

chelone glabra - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Chelone glabra
      n 1: 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, Chelone glabra]