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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
Answer for the clue "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 ", 10 letters:
turtlehead
Word definitions for turtlehead in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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: shellflower , shell-flower , snakehead , snake-head , Chelone glabra ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An American perennial herb ((taxlink Chelone glabra species noshow=1)) with white flowers.
Usage examples of turtlehead.
It was on an uninhabited island, called Turtlehead Island, which lay close to the coast, and I determined to explore while my captain took his vessel to a place where a trepang cargo awaited him.
As during those weeks I was alone on Turtlehead Island I discovered that everywhere was engaging variety, so did I discover that everywhere here was engaging variety also.
Rollo had climbed out of the stream, and having shaken the water from his fur, was squirming on his back in a patch of crushed turtlehead, tail wagging in pleasure, and clearly oblivious to the silent giant in the cliff above.