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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]