HyperDic: genus_chelone

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Chelone:
NOUNplantgenus Chelone, Cheloneherbaceous perennials
English > genus Chelone: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningherbaceous perennials: shellflower.
SynonymChelone
Member ofScrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove familyA family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales
Membersshellflower, shell-flower, turtlehead, snakehead, snake-head, Chelone glabrashowy 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
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishchelone, genus chelone
Catalanchelone, genus chelone, queló

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