shell-flower
       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, turtlehead, snakehead, snake-head,
            Chelone glabra]
  shellflower
       n 1: 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: shell-flower, turtlehead, snakehead,
             snake-head, Chelone glabra]
       2: cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching
          clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and
          crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes [syn:
          shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia
          speciosa, Languas speciosa]