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snakehead n. 貝母的一種 貝母的一種 snakehead n 1: 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 [ synonym: { shellflower}, { shell- flower}, { turtlehead}, { snakehead}, { snake- head}, { Chelone glabra}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Bot.) ( a) The turtlehead. ( b) The Guinea- hen flower. See { Snake' s- head}, and under { Guinea}. [ 1913 Webster]
Turtlehead \ Tur" tle* head`\ ( t[^ u] r" t' l- h[ e^] d`), 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}. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster]
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