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chelone
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chelone, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.].
A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceæ , natives of North America; -- called also snakehead , turtlehead , shellflower , etc. [1913 Webster]
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