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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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