English > genus Chelone: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | herbaceous perennials: shellflower. |
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| Synonym | Chelone |
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| Member of | Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales |
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| Members | shellflower, shell-flower, turtlehead, snakehead, snake-head, Chelone glabra | 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 |
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| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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| Spanish | chelone, genus chelone |
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| Catalan | chelone, genus chelone, queló |
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