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Chelone

noun

herbaceous perennials: shellflower

• Syn: ↑genus Chelone

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scrophulariaceae, ↑family Scrophulariaceae, ↑figwort family, ↑foxglove family

• Member Meronyms: ↑shellflower, ↑shell-flower, ↑turtlehead, ↑snakehead, ↑snake-head, ↑Chelone glabra

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I. \\keˈlōnē\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek chelōnē tortoise

1. capitalized : a small genus of perennial herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) of the eastern United States having serrate leaves and large white or purple flowers in nearly sessile spikes

2. -s : any plant of the genus Chelone — called also turtlehead

II.

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek chelōnē

synonym of chelonia II

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chelone /kə-lōˈnē/

noun

Any perennial N American plant of the genus Chelone, esp varieties cultivated for their lilac, pink or white flowers, the turtle-head

ORIGIN: Gr chelōnē tortoise

Useful english dictionary. 2012.