| NOUN | plant | 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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| plant | shellflower, shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa | cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | shell-flower, turtlehead, snakehead, snake-head, Chelone glabra | |
| Member of | Chelone, genus Chelone | herbaceous perennials |
| Broader | marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant | A semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land |
| Meaning | cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes. | |
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| Synonyms | shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa | |
| Member of | Alpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languas | perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes |
| Broader | ginger | perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems |
| Spanish | Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa | |
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