'Chelone' definitions:
Definition of 'Chelone'
(from WordNet)
noun
Herbaceous perennials: shellflower [syn: Chelone, genus Chelone]
Definition of 'Chelone'
From: GCIDE
- 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]