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snakehead


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snakehead  \Snake"head`\,  n. 
  1.  A  loose,  bent-up  end  of  one  of  the  strap  rails,  or  flat 
  rails,  formerly  used  on  American  railroads.  It  was 
  sometimes  so  bent  by  the  passage  of  a  train  as  to  slip 
  over  a  wheel  and  pierce  the  bottom  of  a  car 
 
  2.  (Bot.) 
  a  The  turtlehead. 
  b  The  Guinea-hen  flower.  See  {Snake's-head},  and  under 
  {Guinea}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Turtlehead  \Tur"tle*head`\,  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snakehead 
  n  :  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},  {turtlehead},  {Chelone  glabra}] 




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