Definitions
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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Examples
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It rustled in my fingers as I touched it and I held it to my ear to listen to the sound of the empty shell-flower.
Healing Comes in Many Ways Belinda 2008
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It rustled in my fingers as I touched it and I held it to my ear to listen to the sound of the empty shell-flower.
Archive 2008-04-01 Belinda 2008
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Yes, I shall be more beautiful than my shell-flower, my Thocmetony!
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I, Sarah Winnemucca, am a shell-flower, such as I wear on my dress.
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Received a little bag made of foreign seed, and a shell-flower, to be sold for the Building Fund.
A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part George M��ller 1851
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