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Webster 1913 Edition
Chelone
‖
Che-lo′ne
,Noun.
[Gr.
χελώνη
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.