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[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 Scrophulariaceæ, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.


 
 

The botanical name for turtlehead.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Small genus of perennial herbs of the Eastern U.S.

 
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