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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See Molucella.
  • noun The turtlehead or snakehead, Chelone glabra, and other species.
  • noun One of various species of Alpinia of the Zingiberaceæ.

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  • 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

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