HyperDic: shall-flower

English > 1 sense of the word shall-flower:
NOUNplantshall-flower, shellflower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosacultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
English > shall-flower: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes.
Synonymsshellflower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa
Member ofAlpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languasperennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
Broadergingerperennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
SpanishAlpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa

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