genus chelone

Noun
  1. Herbaceous perennials: shellflower (synset 112901723)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym: chelone glabra, shell-flower, shellflower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead - 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
    belongs to: family scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family, scrophulariaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
    same as: chelone

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