| NOUN | plant | Chelone, genus Chelone | herbaceous perennials |
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| Meaning | herbaceous perennials: shellflower. | |
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| Synonym | genus Chelone | |
| Member of | Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales |
| Members | 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 |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |