shellflower

Noun shellflower has 2 senses

• shellflower(n = noun.plant) chelone glabra, shell-flower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead - 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;
is a member of chelone, genus chelone
is a kind of bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant

• shellflower(n = noun.plant) alpinia speciosa, alpinia zerumbet, languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger - cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes;
is a kind of ginger
is a member of alpinia, genus alpinia, genus languas, genus zerumbet