🔄 Synonyms of "Shellflower"
7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| snakeheadnoun | (zoology) A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae. |
| alpinia zerumbet | Alpinia zerumbet, commonly known as shell ginger among other names, is a perennial species of ginger native to East Asia. |
| turtleheadnoun | A white turtlehead, an American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) with white flowers. |
| shell gingernoun | An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside. |
| chelone glabra | Chelone glabra, or white turtlehead, is a herbaceous species of plant native to North America. |
| alpinia speciosanoun | cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes |
| languas speciosanoun | cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shellflower"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| turtleheadnoun | A white turtlehead, an American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) with white flowers. |
| shell gingernoun | An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside. |
| snakeheadnoun | (zoology) A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae. |
| alpinia speciosanoun | cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes |
| alpinia zerumbet | Alpinia zerumbet, commonly known as shell ginger among other names, is a perennial species of ginger native to East Asia. |
| chelone glabra | Chelone glabra, or white turtlehead, is a herbaceous species of plant native to North America. |
| languas speciosanoun | cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes |
| water lettucenoun | A floating aquatic plant, of species Pistia stratiotes, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers. |
| water cabbagenoun | A floating aquatic plant, Pistia stratioides, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers. |
| water-lettucenoun | Tropical duckweed, water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes). |
| paper flowernoun | A plant, Bougainvillea glabra, and its flower head, so called for the papery bracts. |
| nile cabbagenoun | Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Pistia. |
| ribbonleaf pondweednoun | Potamogeton epihydrus, a perennial aquatic plant. |
| pondwortnoun | A submerged aquatic plant native to Europe and northwestern Asia (Stratiotes aloides). |
| waterplantnoun | (botany) An aquatic plant |
| sea pinknoun | Any of various plants in the genus Armeria; a thrift. |
| lace-leafnoun | An aquatic plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis, syns. Aponogeton fenestralis, Ouvirandra fenestralis) whose leaves have little tissue between the veins. |
| laceflowernoun | Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota); |
| forest starwortnoun | A flower of species Stellaria flaccida of starworts. |
| pillwortnoun | Any plant of the genus Pilularia of small aquatic ferns. The sporangia are borne in spherical sporocarps ("pills") which form in the axils of leaves. |
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