Found 2 items, similar to shellflower.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shellflower 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: shellflower Chelone \Che*lo"ne\, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.] (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariace[ae], natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc. [1913 Webster]