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3 definitions for Turtlehead From The 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Chelone \Che*lo"ne\, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from
shape of the upper lip of the corolla.] (Bot.)
A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order
Scrophulariace[ae], natives of North America; -- called
also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
turtlehead
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 [syn: shellflower, shell-flower, snakehead,
snake-head, Chelone glabra]
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