shellflower
1.
(
noun
) cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes
Synonyms:
Alpinia Zerumbet
,
Alpinia speciosa
,
Languas speciosa
,
shell ginger
Related Words:
ginger
2.
(
noun
) 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:
Chelone glabra
,
snakehead
,
turtlehead
Related Words:
bog plant
,
marsh plant
,
swamp plant
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