Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several perennial North American herbs of the genus Chelone of the figwort family, especially C. glabra, having spikes of tubular two-lipped white or pink flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Chelone , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An American perennial herb (
Chelone glabra ) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called alsosnakehead ,shell flower , andbalmony .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) with whiteflowers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This may further be explained by the following illustration: The conventionalized figure of a turtlehead is the symbol for a "turtle,"
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Old turtlehead knows hes going into retirement soon and taking payoffs he will never get to spend. hahaha shamgar50
Obama touts financial reform, says GOP stance 'deceptive' 2010
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If you have children or grandchildren, I think you need a turtlehead in your yard or you might be breaking the law.
Everyone needs a turtlehead « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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Seeing your turtlehead makes me miss the sweet plant, as I no longer have it… must find it again.
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Sorry about your turtlehead being eaten, darn rabbits!
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Pink turtlehead, Chelone obliqua is just beginning to bloom.
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Red turtlehead, Chelone obliqua is just beginning to open.
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The threatened red turtlehead is also found in the site.
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maryland 2007
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Non-tidal wetland species include cardinal flower, red turtlehead and skunk cabbage.
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maryland 2007
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White turtlehead is starting to bloom meanwhile, and also the groundnut (Apios americana) with its amazing chocolatey flowers (and edible tubers, if they weren't impossible to find, and located hard-to-dig soil amid poison ivy--but now I find that the pods are edible too, so maybe I coudl try them instead), and the wild cucumber (not edible).
what is not visible from space? asakiyume 2006
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