Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shellflower

2 senses of shellflower

Sense 1
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)
       => marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant -- (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Sense 2
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)
       => ginger -- (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)