'Turtlehead' definitions:
Definition of 'turtlehead'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, turtlehead, snakehead, snake-head, Chelone glabra]
Definition of 'Turtlehead'
From: GCIDE
- Turtlehead \Tur"tle*head`\ (t[^u]r"t'l-h[e^]d`), n. (Bot.) An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'turtlehead'
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]