ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Shellflower

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Shellflower is a noun meaning A floating aquatic plant, of species Pistia stratiotes, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers.

Meaning

A floating aquatic plant, of species Pistia stratiotes, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers.

More Meanings

  1. A plant in the mint family grown for its distinctive circular green calyxes.

Word Forms

Synonyms for shellflower

Depending on context, synonyms include water lettuce, snakehead, turtlehead.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include turtlehead, snakehead, water lettuce, pondwort, waterplant, lace-leaf.

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