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Detailed Synonyms for shellflower in English

shellflower:

shellflower [the ~] noun

  1. the shellflower
    – cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes 1
    the shall-flower; the Alpinia speciosa; the shell ginger; the Languas speciosa; the Alpinia Zerumbet; the shellflower
    – cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes 1
  2. the shellflower
    – 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 1
    the snake-head; the turtlehead; the shellflower; the Chelone glabra; the snakehead; the shell-flower
    – 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 1

Alternate Synonyms for "shellflower":


Related Definitions for "shellflower":

  1. cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes1
  2. 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 purple1