chelone Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun herbaceous perennials: shellflower
    genus Chelone.

WordNet

Che*lo"ne noun
Etymology
Gr. a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceaæ., natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.

Webster 1913